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Original Articles

A radial head prosthesis appears to be unnecessary in Mason-IV fracture dislocation

Jens NestorsonDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping;; Correspondence[email protected]
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Per-Olof JosefssonDepartment of Orthopedics, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
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Lars AdolfssonDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping;;
Pages 315-319 | Received 27 Sep 2016, Accepted 16 Jan 2017, Published online: 21 Feb 2017

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