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Research Article

NON-OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF DISPLACED AVULSION FRACTURES OF THE ULNAR BASE OF THE PROXIMAL PHALANX OF THE THUMB

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Pages 225-227 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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