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Current management of tibial shaft fractures: A survey of 450 Canadian orthopedic trauma surgeons

Jason W Busse Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Emily Morton the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Christina Lacchetti Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Gordon H Guyatt Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Mohit Bhandari Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Pages 689-694 | Received 26 Nov 2007, Accepted 21 Jan 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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