Raoul Hoffmann and his external fixator

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 672-678

  Schwechter, Evan M ^a   Swan, Kenneth G ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33847648140     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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