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Original Articles

The impact of the increasing burden of trauma in Malawi on orthopedic trauma service priorities at Kamuzu Central Hospital

Sven YoungDepartment of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe; ;Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi; ;Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Correspondence[email protected]
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Leonard BanzaDepartment of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe; ;Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi;
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Boston S MunthaliDepartment of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe;
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Kumbukani G MandaDepartment of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe;
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Jared GallaherDepartment of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Anthony CharlesDepartment of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Pages 632-636 | Received 22 Jun 2016, Accepted 02 Aug 2016, Published online: 02 Sep 2016

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