Challenges Faced in the Management of Radial Shaft Nonunion and Implant Failure on a Background of Distal Radius Malunion

J Hand Microsurg 2018; 10(03): 180-181
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1669366

Letter to the Editor

Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd.

Vidhya Kasilingam

¹Department of Orthopaedics, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, United Kingdom

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Ronak Patel

¹Department of Orthopaedics, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, United Kingdom

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Kerementi Othieno-P’otonya

¹Department of Orthopaedics, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, United Kingdom

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Karthik Karuppaiah

¹Department of Orthopaedics, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, United Kingdom

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