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Surgical management of the wrist in children with cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury

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A separate ICMJE Uniform Disclosure Form for Potential Conflicts of Interest will be submitted for each author. The author is a stockholder of DT SciMed, Kerenetics, and Orthovita. He has received financial or material support from Data Trace, Orthopaedics in Motion and is an editor for the Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances. The corresponding author has received research grants from the MAKO Surgical Corp.

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Koman, L.A., Smith, B.P. Surgical management of the wrist in children with cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury. HAND 9, 471–477 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11552-014-9636-8

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