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Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.30158

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.30158

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

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Subcutaneous Radiographic Measurement: A Marker to Evaluate Surgical Site Infection Risk in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients

Martí Bernaus, Francesc Anglès, Berta Escudero, Margarita Veloso, Alfredo Matamala, and Lluís Font-Vizcarra

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