TIPS: A Simple, Safe, & Inexpensive Way To Apply Hip Spica Casts In Children


Benjamin Joseph, Hitesh Shah, & ND Siddesh. 2011. 3 pp.

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Practical, inexpensive pediatric orthoapedic treatment techniques for use in the developing world.

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