Injury
Volume 41, Issue 6 , Pages 568-571 , June 2010

Dorgan's lateral cross-wiring of supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children: A retrospective review

,Accepted 21 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.08.020

Injury
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