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Forearm fractures in children – follow-up study of 137 cases. Comparison and statistical analysis of surgical and conservative treatment

Maciej Sojka
1
,
Szymon Leonik
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,
Andrzej Grabowski
2

  1. Student Science Club at the Department of Children’s Developmental Defects Surgery and Traumatology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
  2. Department of Children’s Developmental Defects Surgery and Traumatology, Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 1 for them. prof. Stanisław Szyszko in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2022; 24(4): 356–360
Online publish date: 2022/12/21
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