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Epidemiology and Associated Injuries in Paediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures Treated at a Limited Resource Zonal Referral Hospital in Northern Tanzania

2021-04-30

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<h4>Background: </h4> Femoral shaft fractures contribute up to 40% of paediatric orthopaedic admissions with the World Health Organisation data showing youth are particularly vulnerable and road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults. The mechanism of injury varies with age and geographical location of the patient and involves a variety of mechanisms from falls to road traffi...

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Literature Corpus work: 21d26336-8965-5e58-9e3a-cc1de460baf5
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-385890/v1

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