Off-label use of pediatric orthopaedic devices: important issues for the future.
Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 3959 Broadway, 8-North, New York, NY 10032. E-mail address for M.G. Vitale: mgv1@columbia.edu.
Evan D
ED
Sheha
Staten Island University Hospital, 2955 Veterans Road West, Staten Island, NY 10309.
Qusai
Q
Hammouri
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Fegan Building, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115.
Brian D
BD
Snyder
Division of Orthopaedics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Robert M
RM
Campbell
Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 3959 Broadway, 8-North, New York, NY 10032. E-mail address for M.G. Vitale: mgv1@columbia.edu.
Michael G
MG
Vitale
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