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Current Issue - May 2007, Volume 1, Issue No. 1

Official Journal of Malaysian Orthopaedic Association

Kirschner Wire Migration to the Cervical Spine: A Complication of Clavicular Fixation in a Child

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  4. Regel JP, Pospiech J, Aalders TA, Ruchholtz S. Intraspinal migration of a Kirschner wire 3 months after clavicular fracture fixation. Neurosurg Rev 2002; 25: 110-2.

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