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Kienbock’s disease and scapholunate dissociation after acute wrist trauma

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  1. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Jason Desmarais

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, USA

    Maximillian Soong

  3. Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA, 01805, USA

    Maximillian Soong

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Desmarais, J., Soong, M. Kienbock’s disease and scapholunate dissociation after acute wrist trauma. HAND 8, 82–85 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11552-012-9477-2

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