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Case Reports
. 1986 Jun;38(2):167-71.

Mismanagement of elbow joint fractures and dislocations by traditional bone setters in Plateau State, Nigeria

H N Oguachuba
  • PMID: 3738983
Case Reports

Mismanagement of elbow joint fractures and dislocations by traditional bone setters in Plateau State, Nigeria

H N Oguachuba. Trop Geogr Med. 1986 Jun.

Abstract

Four out of seven cases of elbow joint fractures and dislocations mismanaged by traditional bone setters in Plateau State, Nigeria are reported. A careful assessment of traditional bone setting as practised today in Nigeria should be made for advocating its integration into modern orthopaedic traumatology.

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