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Original Articles

Preoperative posterior tilt of at least 20° increased the risk of fixation failure in Garden-I and -II femoral neck fractures

322 patients followed for a mean of 3 years

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Pages 252-256 | Received 11 Aug 2015, Accepted 30 Dec 2015, Published online: 03 Mar 2016

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