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Original Articles

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

Part III: Multifragmentary long bone fractures in children—a retrospective analysis of 2,716 patients from 2 tertiary pediatric hospitals in Switzerland

Laurent AudigéAO Clinical Investigation and Documentation, Dübendorf; ;Schulthess Clinic, Research and Development Upper Extremities, Zürich;
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Theddy SlongoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Traumatology and Orthopedics, University Hospital (Inselspital), Bern;
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Nicolas LutzCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Andrea BlumenthalAO Clinical Investigation and Documentation, Dübendorf;
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Alexander JoerisAO Clinical Investigation and Documentation, Dübendorf; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 133-139 | Received 18 Mar 2016, Accepted 02 Sep 2016, Published online: 24 Nov 2016

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