Injury
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 247-252 , March 2010

Orthopaedic trauma in the obese patient

  • T.J.S. Chesser

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, North Bristol NHS Trust, Frenchay Hospital, , Bristol BS16 1LE, UK. Tel.: +44 117 9186516; fax: +44 117 9186641.
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  • R.B. Hammett
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  • S.A. Norton

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