The Classic Article is ©1905 by the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc. and is reprinted with permission from Codivilla
A. On the means of lengthening, in the lower limbs, the muscles and tissues which are shortened through deformity. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1905;s2-2:353–369.
Presented by title at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Association, at Atlantic City, N. J., June 8–10, 1904.
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