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Original Articles

The AO Pediatric Comprehensive Classification of Long Bone Fractures (PCCF)

Part I: Location and morphology of 2,292 upper extremity fractures in children and adolescents

Alexander JoerisAO Clinical Investigation and Documentation, Dübendorf; ;Department of Pediatric Surgery, Traumatology and Orthopedics, University Hospital (Inselspital) Bern; Correspondence[email protected]
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Nicolas LutzCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne;
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Andrea BlumenthalAO Clinical Investigation and Documentation, Dübendorf;
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Theddy SlongoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Traumatology and Orthopedics, University Hospital (Inselspital) Bern;
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Laurent AudigéAO Clinical Investigation and Documentation, Dübendorf; ;Research and Development Department, Schulthess Clinic, Zürich, Switzerland.
Pages 123-128 | Received 18 Mar 2016, Accepted 30 Aug 2016, Published online: 24 Nov 2016

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