A lack of consensus in the assessment of fracture healing among orthopaedic surgeons.

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Published in J Orthop Trauma on September 01, 2002

Authors

Mohit Bhandari1, Gordon H Guyatt, Marc F Swiontkowski, Paul Tornetta, Sheila Sprague, Emil H Schemitsch

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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