Long-Term Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Radial Shortening Osteotomy and Vascularized Bone Graft in Kienböck Disease
✍ Scribed by Afshar, Ahmadreza; Eivaziatashbeik, Karim
- Book ID
- 121769954
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 279 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0363-5023
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