Injury
Volume 41, Issue 8 , Pages 827-833 , August 2010

Reverse LISS plates for unstable proximal femoral fractures

,Accepted 24 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.03.028

Injury
Volume 41, Issue 8 , Pages 827-833 , August 2010