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Posterior and anterior tilt increases the risk of failure after internal fixation of Garden I and II femoral neck fracture

Pontus SjöholmDepartment of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences at Umeå University, Umeå; Correspondence[email protected]
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Volker OttenDepartment of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences at Umeå University, Umeå;
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Olof WolfSection of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala;
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Max GordonDepartments of Orthopedics and Clinical Sciences at Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gustav KarstenDepartment of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences at Umeå University, Umeå;
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Olof SköldenbergDepartments of Orthopedics and Clinical Sciences at Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Sebastian MukkaDepartment of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences at Umeå University, Umeå;
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Pages 537-541 | Published online: 04 Jul 2019

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