Wound infections following nailing of femoral neck fractures
✍ Scribed by L. Sanzén; I. Sernbo; O. Johnell
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1068
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