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Review
. 2018 Dec;6(12):e2.
doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.18.00014.

Commonly Missed Injuries in the Patient with Polytrauma and the Orthopaedist's Role in the Tertiary Survey

Nicole M Stevens  1 , Nirmal Tejwani
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Review

Commonly Missed Injuries in the Patient with Polytrauma and the Orthopaedist's Role in the Tertiary Survey

Nicole M Stevens et al. JBJS Rev. 2018 Dec.
No abstract available

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