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Research Article

Outcome at 1 year in patients with femoral shaft fractures treated with intramedullary nailing or skeletal traction in a low-income country: a prospective observational study of 187 patients in Malawi

Linda Chokothoa Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi;b Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hao-Hua Wuc Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, Orthopedic Trauma Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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David Shearerc Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, Orthopedic Trauma Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Brian C Laud Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, NC, USA
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Nyengo Mkandawirea Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi;f School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Jan-Erik Gjertsenb Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;e Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Geir Hallanb Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;e Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Sven Younge Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway;g Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi
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Pages 724-731 | Published online: 23 Jul 2020

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