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Acute care surgery in the USA: the orthopaedic conflict

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Babu, S. Acute care surgery in the USA: the orthopaedic conflict. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 38, 525–527 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-012-0197-7

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