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Failure of Union

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  1. School of Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Redento Mora (Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director) & Giovanni Battista Galli (Orthopaedic Fellow)

  2. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Pavia, Città di Pavia Institute, Pavia, Italy

    Redento Mora (Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director) & Luisella Pedrotti (Chief Assistant Surgeon)

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Mora, R., Pedrotti, L., Galli, G.B. (2006). Failure of Union. In: Mora, R. (eds) Nonunion of the Long Bones. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0409-8_3

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