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Case Report

Six month nonunion tibial diaphysis osteotomy treated with conventional pulsed therapeutic ultrasound: a case report

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Pages 3233-3240 | Received 29 May 2020, Accepted 24 Jul 2021, Published online: 19 Oct 2021

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