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Editorial
. 2025 May 21:68:103070.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2025.103070. eCollection 2025 Sep.

Weight bearing after fractures; time to weigh in!

Nirmal C Tejwani  1
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Editorial

Weight bearing after fractures; time to weigh in!

Nirmal C Tejwani. J Clin Orthop Trauma. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Complications; Early weight bearing; Fractures; Healing; Non weight bearing.

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