Injury
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1282-1285 , December 2009

Three-dimensional computed tomography imaging increases the reliability of classification systems for tibial plateau fractures

,Accepted 24 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.02.015

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