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01-01-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Comment on Schepers: acute distal tibiofibular syndesmosis injury: a systematic review of suture-button versus syndesmotic screw repair

Author: Tyler Van Heest

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 1/2013

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Schepers systematic review offers valuable insight into a controversial topic [1]. However, Schepers does not indicate that two of the studies included in his analysis report on the same patient pool. These patients are therefore double counted in his analysis. …

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Title: Comment on Schepers: acute distal tibiofibular syndesmosis injury: a systematic review of suture-button versus syndesmotic screw repair
Author: Tyler Van Heest
Publication date: 01-01-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-012-1717-0

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