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Is there a compartmental pressure transfer in lower limb fractures?

  • R. Sellei EMAIL logo , C. Weber , P. Kobbe , T. Dienstknecht , J. Grice , A. Prescher and H. Pape
From the journal Open Medicine

Abstract

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Published Online: 2014-2-13
Published in Print: 2014-4-1

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