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So you have decided to read a book on pediatric orthopaedics – or are at least considering this as an option. You probably do not fully realize the risks involved in making such a decision. Perhaps you have already browsed through this book and noted the many schematic illustrations of impressive operations or xrays of dreadful conditions and successful treatments. But such illustrations only relate to a small part of your work.
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Hefti, F. (2015). General. In: Pediatric Orthopedics in Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46810-4_1
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