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René Aigner1, Philipp Lechler1, Christoph Kolja Boese2

  • 1Center for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Location Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

Foot and Ankle Surgery : Official Journal of the European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
|November 10, 2018
PubMed
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ComplicationsGeriatric ankle fractureLocking plateOutcome

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