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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 35, 2001 - Issue 3
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Distraction lengthening of the radius for radial longitudinal instability after distal radio-ulnar subluxation and excision of the radial head: a case report

Luca Capuano, Niall Craig, George Patrick Ashcroft, Nicola Maffulli From the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Aberdeen Royal In. rmary, Foresterhill and Woodend Hospital, NHS Trust, and the Department of Orhopaedic Surgery, University of AberdeenMedical School, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland
Pages 331-335 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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