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Xu-Gang Li1, Xiao-Yang Qi2, Jiang-Yun Jiang3

  • 1Department of Orthopaedics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.

Asian Journal of Surgery
|April 23, 2021
PubMed
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Keywords:
Ankle fractureClinical outcomesImplant removalPainRemoval of hardware

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