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Treatment of sequelae of radial head fractures with a bipolar radial head prosthesis: Good outcome after 1–4 years follow-up in 11 patients

Justus-Martyn Brinkman Department of Orthopaedics, St. Maartensclinic, PO Box 9011, NL-6500 GM, Nijmegen, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Frank Th G Rahusen Department of Orthopaedics, St. Maartensclinic, PO Box 9011, NL-6500 GM, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Maarten J de Vos Department of Orthopaedics, St. Maartensclinic, PO Box 9011, NL-6500 GM, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Denise Eygendaal Department of Orthopaedics, St. Maartensclinic, PO Box 9011, NL-6500 GM, Nijmegen, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 867-872 | Received 04 Aug 2004, Accepted 21 Feb 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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