Injury
Volume 40, Issue 10 , Pages 1040-1048 , October 2009

U-shaped sacral fractures: Surgical treatment and quality of life

  • A.J.G. Gribnau

      Affiliations

    • Trauma Unit Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • P. Boele van Hensbroek

      Affiliations

    • Trauma Unit Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • R. Haverlag

      Affiliations

    • Trauma Unit Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 5669111; fax: +31 20 6914858.
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  • K.J. Ponsen

      Affiliations

    • Trauma Unit Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • H.D. Been

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • J.C. Goslings

      Affiliations

    • Trauma Unit Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 27 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.11.027

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