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Anatomy of the Wrist

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Distal Radius Fractures

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Allegedly, Gubarev (Russian anatomist, nineteenth century) stated:

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  1. The Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Kings Treatment Centre, Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DE22 3NE, UK

    Tommy Lindau MD, PhD

  2. University of Derby, Derby, UK

    Tommy Lindau MD, PhD

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lund University Hospital, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

    Carl-Göran Hagert MD, PhD

  4. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Carl-Göran Hagert MD, PhD

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  1. Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Leiv M. Hove

  2. Royal Derby Hospital, The Pulvertaft Hand Centre Kings Treatment Centre, Derby, United Kingdom

    Tommy Lindau

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hand Section, Nordsjelland Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark

    Per Hølmer

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Lindau, T., Hagert, CG. (2014). Anatomy of the Wrist. In: Hove, L., Lindau, T., Hølmer, P. (eds) Distal Radius Fractures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54604-4_3

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