Injury
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 306-311 , March 2010

Treatment of unstable distal radius fractures with Ilizarov circular, nonbridging external fixator

,Accepted 4 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.09.011

Injury
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 306-311 , March 2010

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