Current treatment strategies for bicolumnar distal humerus fractures

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-30

  Galano, Gregory J ^a   Ahmad, Christopher S ^a   Levine, William N ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 75949122769     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-201001000-00004     Document Type: Review

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