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Comment on Smeets et al.: ‘The patellar pubic percussion test: a simple bedside tool for suspected occult hip fractures’

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  1. Hip Surgery Unit, Institute of Orthopaedics ‘Carlos E. Ottolenghi’, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Pablo A. Slullitel

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Pablo A. Slullitel

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Slullitel, P.A. Comment on Smeets et al.: ‘The patellar pubic percussion test: a simple bedside tool for suspected occult hip fractures’. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 42, 2525–2526 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-018-4112-7

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