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Complication is common and occurs in a proportion of them and can be divided into two main groups: (1) those related to the fracture itself (Intrinsic Group) and (2) those related to other associated injury (Extrinsic Group).
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Iyer, K.M. (2013). Complications of Fractures. In: Iyer, K. (eds) General Principles of Orthopedics and Trauma. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4444-1_2
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