Outcome of diaphyseal forearm fracture-nonunions treated by autologous bone grafting and compression plating

Annals of Surgical Innovation and Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  dos Reis, Ferando Baldy ^a   Faloppa, Flávio ^a   Fernandes, Hélio J Alvachian ^a   Albertoni, Walter Manna ^a   Stahel, Philip F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 67650045417     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1164-3-5     Document Type: Article

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