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Treatment of acute distal femur fractures above a total knee arthroplasty: Systematic review of 415 cases (1981–2006)

Diego A Herrera Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Philip J Kregor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Peter A Cole Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Bruce A Levy Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Anders Jönsson Orthopaedic Trauma Care Foundation (OTCF), Nice, France
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Michael Zlowodzki Division of Orthopedic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 22-27 | Received 11 Sep 2006, Accepted 17 Jan 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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