Feasibility and fidelity of practising surgical fixation on a virtual ulna bone

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  LeBlanc, Justin ^a   Hutchison, Carol ^a   Hu, Yaoping ^a   Donnon, Tyrone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 84881419564     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.010912     Document Type: Article

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