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Treatment of a segmental defect in open radial and ulnar shaft fractures using rhBMP-2 and iliac crest bone graft: a case report

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Capo, J.T., Marcus, M.S. & Shamian, B. Treatment of a segmental defect in open radial and ulnar shaft fractures using rhBMP-2 and iliac crest bone graft: a case report. HAND 6, 424–428 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11552-011-9348-2

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