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01-06-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Minimized approaches to the posterolateral chest wall in the fixation of rib fracture

Authors: Yih-Wen Tarng, Yi-Pin Chou, Tung-Ho Wu, Hsing-Lin Lin

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 3/2018

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To the Editors: …

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Title: Minimized approaches to the posterolateral chest wall in the fixation of rib fracture
Authors: Yih-Wen Tarng
Yi-Pin Chou
Tung-Ho Wu
Hsing-Lin Lin
Publication date: 01-06-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-018-0931-x

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