Cast wedging for orthopaedic surgeons!

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-72

  Bebbington, A ^a,b   Lewis, P ^a   Savage, R ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CF14 9JB ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cast; Fracture; Wedging

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MEASUREMENT; PAPER; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TECHNIQUE;

CASTS, SURGICAL; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 10044253244     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.10.020     Document Type: Article

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