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. 2021 Sep 14;56(3):517-518.
doi: 10.1007/s43465-021-00453-y. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fracture: An Age-Based Treatment Algorithm. Liau GZQ, Lin HY, Wang Y, Nistala KRY, Cheong CK, Hui JHP. Indian J Orthop. 2020 Oct 10;55(1):55-67. doi:10.1007/s43465-020-00281-6. eCollection 2021 Feb

Andreas Rehm  1 , Albert Ngu  2 , Azeem Thahir  2
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Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fracture: An Age-Based Treatment Algorithm. Liau GZQ, Lin HY, Wang Y, Nistala KRY, Cheong CK, Hui JHP. Indian J Orthop. 2020 Oct 10;55(1):55-67. doi:10.1007/s43465-020-00281-6. eCollection 2021 Feb

Andreas Rehm et al. Indian J Orthop. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Femoral fracture; Femoral shaft fracture; Paediatric femoral fracture; Paediatric femoral shaft fracture; Paediatric trauma; Pediatric femoral fracture; Pediatric femoral shaft fracture; Pediatric trauma.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interestNeither Mr Rehm, Mr Ngu nor Mr Thahir received financial support for this study and there are no conflicts of interest. We have nothing to disclose.

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