FATIGUE FRACTURES OF THE FIBULA
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Fatigue fractures of the fibula.
In (lescribing certain fractures of the fibula, sustained without violence, the writer (Burro ,s’s I 940) expressed the hope that further cases would be published so that something COU1(l be learnt of these uncommon fractures. Additional cases have now been described. The writer has encountered five other personal cases, and scrutiny of the literature has revealed at least one pre ’i us case (D...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1948
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.30b2.266