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Marked initial displacement predicts complications in physeal fractures of the distal radius: An analysis of fracture characteristics, primary treatment and complications in 109 patients

Yrjänä Nietosvaara Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Carol Hasler University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
,
Ilkka Helenius Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
&
Peter Cundy Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Pages 873-877 | Received 01 Sep 2004, Accepted 18 Apr 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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