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Case report| Volume 23, ISSUE 7, P493-495, 1992

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Cracking of the femoral shaft by the Gamma nail

  • B. Mahaisavariya
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    Requests for reprints should be addressed to: Dr B. Mahaisavariya, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.
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    Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
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  • W. Laupattarakasem
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    Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
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