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Case Reports
. 2010 Jan;125(1):21e-23e.
doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c2a353.

Flexor pollicis longus tendon rupture after volar plating of a distal radius fracture

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Case Reports

Flexor pollicis longus tendon rupture after volar plating of a distal radius fracture

Scott D Lifchez. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Jan.
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