Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 143-150 , March 2002

The results of functional (Sarmiento) bracing of humeral shaft fractures

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☆ Reprint requests: Christian Gerber, MD, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Zürich, Balgrist, Forchstrasse 340, CH–8008 Zürich, Switzerland.

PII: S1058-2746(02)82708-2

doi: 10.1067/mse.2002.121634

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 143-150 , March 2002

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