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Methods to shorten the duration of an external fixator in the management of tibial infections
Khaled M Emara, Orthopaedic Surgery, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo 0020, Egypt
Khaled Abd Al Ghafar, Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo 0020, Egypt
Mohamed Ahmed Al Kersh, Assistant Lecturer of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo 0020, Egypt
Author contributions: Emara KM designed and wrote up the research; Ghafar K collected the data; Al Kersh MA wrote up the research.
Correspondence to: Khaled M Emara, Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Ain Shams University Hospitals, 13 B Kornish el Nile, Agha Khan, Cairo 0020, Egypt. kmemara@hotmail.com
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Received: July 1, 2011
Revised: August 25, 2011
Accepted: August 31, 2011
Published online: September 18, 2011
Revised: August 25, 2011
Accepted: August 31, 2011
Published online: September 18, 2011
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