Training safer orthopedic surgeons
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1 department of orthopaedics, barts and the london, the royal london hospital, london; 2 MSk lab, imperial College london, Charing Cross hospital, fulham, london; 3 institute of population health, university of Manchester, Manchester; 4 postgraduate School of Surgery, london deanery, london, uK. Correspondence: [email protected] and [email protected] * These authors contributed equally. Submitted 2014-08-20. Accepted 2015-03-09.
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