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Ilizarov frame

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Ilizarov frame
A device invented by a Russian physician for correcting deformities of the legs and feet, consisting of rings to be attached to the bone and rods extending between the rings that stretch the affected limb.
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Shaun, who works as a forklift truck driver, is now recovering in the James Cook and has one leg in plaster while the other leg has a metal Ilizarov frame attached to it.
uk CAPTION(S): `I did it to keep myself occupied and for the benefit of others in the same situation,' says Mike Pritchard of his on line diary tracking his recovery from a horrific motor bike crash Picture: RICHARD WILLIAMS; The Ilizarov frame that saved Mike Pritchard's leg; Picture: RICHARD WILLIAMS
 
 
 
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