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Does emergency surgical treatment allow good nerve recovery in humeral diaphyseal fractures associated with radial palsy?

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  1. Department of orthopedics, the Central Hospital of Xiangtan City, Xiangtan, Hunan, People’s Republic of China, 410011

    Xiaoming Chen

  2. Department of orthopedics, the 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China, 410011

    Tang Liu

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Chen, X., Liu, T. Does emergency surgical treatment allow good nerve recovery in humeral diaphyseal fractures associated with radial palsy?. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 40, 857–858 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-015-3037-7

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