Injury
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Factors affecting infection after calcaneal fracture fixation

  • Charles M. Court-Brown

      Affiliations

    • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0131 242 3516; fax: +44 0131 660 4227.
    • ,
  • Matthias Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Bernard G. Schutte

      Affiliations

    • Spaarne Ziekenhuis, Spaarnepoort 1, 2134 TM Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

,Accepted 25 March 2009.

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PII: S0020-1383(09)00215-0

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.03.044

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