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Original Articles

Overtreatment of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures

A survey of hospitals in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland

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Pages 541-545 | Received 09 Aug 2015, Accepted 05 Apr 2016, Published online: 26 May 2016

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