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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 34, 2000 - Issue 2
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COMPARISON OF INTRAMEDULLARY FIXATION AND PERCUTANEOUS PINNING OF DISPLACED AND COMMINUTED COLLES' FRACTURES: A PROSPECTIVE AND CONSECUTIVE STUDY

Jan Smedegaard Hede, Bent Erling Lindblad, Søren Søndergaard Mikkelsen­, Harald Moustgaard Knudsen Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Silkeborg County Hospital, Falkevej, DK 8600 Denmark
Pages 161-166 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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