Definitive Plates Overlapping Provisional External Fixator Pin Sites
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Care of external fixator pin sites.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0890-5339
DOI: 10.1097/bot.0000000000000077