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Comparing Intramedullary Nailing Versus Locked Plating in the Treatment of Native Distal Femur Fractures: Is One Superior to the Other?

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    Yasir Salam Siddiqui, Mazhar Abbas & M. Julfiqar

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Siddiqui, Y.S., Abbas, M. & Julfiqar, M. Comparing Intramedullary Nailing Versus Locked Plating in the Treatment of Native Distal Femur Fractures: Is One Superior to the Other?. JOIO 56, 353–354 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43465-021-00461-y

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