The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 71-73 , April 2010

Effect of deferred treatment of supracondylar humeral fractures

Received 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 22 October 2009.

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☆ No funding was received for this work.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2009.10.011

The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 71-73 , April 2010

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