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Breakage of AO/ASIF medullary nails material related or design tradeoff?

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  1. Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, Swiss Research Institute, CH-7270, Davos

    S. M. Perren

  2. M.E.M. Institute for Biomechanics, University of Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland

    G. Beaupre

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Perren, S.M., Beaupre, G. Breakage of AO/ASIF medullary nails material related or design tradeoff?. Arch. Orth. Traum. Surg. 102, 191–197 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575232

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