Treatment of non-union of the humerus using the Orthofix® external fixator

Injury

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL.4, 2001, Pages

  Lavini, Franco ^a   Brivio, Lodovico Renzi ^b   Pizzoli, Andrea ^b   Giotakis, Nikolaos ^a   Bartolozzi, Pietro ^a  

^a OSPEDALE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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