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Original Article

No difference between daily and weekly pin site care
A randomized study of 50 patients with external fixation

Annette W-Dahl Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
,
Sören Toksvig-Larsen Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
&
Anders Lindstrand Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
Pages 704-708 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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