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Acromio-clavicular dislocation with coraco-clavicular ligament clavicular avulsion fracture

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Florence Y. Ling, University of Colorado at Boulder, for her help in the preparation of the manuscript, and Miss Yu-Ying Chen and Miss Shing-Yun Chang for the excellent assistance.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan, 704, Taiwan

    Po-Ting Wu, Chii-Jeng Lin & Wei-Ren Su

  2. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

    Po-Ting Wu

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Eric P. Chiang

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Wu, PT., Chiang, E.P., Lin, CJ. et al. Acromio-clavicular dislocation with coraco-clavicular ligament clavicular avulsion fracture. J Orthop Sci 18, 190–192 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-011-0140-5

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