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Original Article

Case report: Upper tibial physeal fracture
Proposed mechanism of injury and classification

Sergio Crimaldi 1st Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pisa, Italy
,
Filippo Calderazzi 1st Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pisa, Italy
,
Luigi Becherucci 1st Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pisa, Italy
&
Alessandro Faldini 1st Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pisa, Italy
Page 765 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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