Femoral Head Fractures

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1520 San Pablo, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90033.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, 101 The City Drive South, Pavilion III, Building 29A, Orange, CA 92868.
³ University of Texas-Health Sciences Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030.

Geoffrey S Marecek et al. JBJS Rev. 2015.

. 2015 Nov 3;3(11):e1.

doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.N.00098.

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1520 San Pablo, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90033.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, 101 The City Drive South, Pavilion III, Building 29A, Orange, CA 92868.
³ University of Texas-Health Sciences Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030.

No abstract available

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