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01-07-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Intramedullary Nails Result in More Reoperations Than Sliding Hip Screws in Two-part Intertrochanteric Fractures

Authors: Xin Wang, MD, Guang-rong Yu, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 7/2013

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Title: Letter to the Editor: Intramedullary Nails Result in More Reoperations Than Sliding Hip Screws in Two-part Intertrochanteric Fractures
Authors: Xin Wang, MD
Guang-rong Yu, MD
Publication date: 01-07-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 7/2013
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-3018-3

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Letter to the Editor: Intramedullary Nails Result in More Reoperations Than Sliding Hip Screws in Two-part Intertrochanteric Fractures

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