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01-03-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Four-quadrant/column classification of tibial plateau fractures

Authors: Shi-Min Chang, Sun-Jun Hu, Shou-Chao Du, Zhuo Ma, Wen-Feng Xiong, Xi-Zhou Yao

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 3/2018

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Title: Four-quadrant/column classification of tibial plateau fractures
Authors: Shi-Min Chang
Sun-Jun Hu
Shou-Chao Du
Zhuo Ma
Wen-Feng Xiong
Xi-Zhou Yao
Publication date: 01-03-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-017-3733-6

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