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The use of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound in hand and wrist nonunions

Michael H ElveyUniversity College London Hospitals, London, UK;
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Robert MillerDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK; Correspondence[email protected]
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Keng Suan KhorUniversity College London Hospitals, London, UK;
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Evangelia ProtopapaDepartment of Tissue and Energy, UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, London, UK
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Maxim D HorwitzDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK;
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Alistair R HunterUniversity College London Hospitals, London, UK;
Pages 101-106 | Received 13 May 2019, Accepted 06 Nov 2019, Published online: 26 Nov 2019

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