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Abstract
The description in a French journal in 1775 of cerclage wiring of a humerus has been widely accepted as the first recorded case of internal fixation of a fresh fracture. Retranslation reveals that the operation was not in fact performed, although the subject was of surgical interest at that time.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6339135
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res ISSN: 0009-921X Impact factor: 4.176