Extracorporeal shock wave treatment for post‑surgical fracture nonunion: Insight into its mechanism, efficacy, safety and prognostic factors (Review)
- Authors:
- Haoyu Wang
- Yaxuan Shi
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Affiliations: Department of Orthopaedics, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 010050, P.R. China, Department of Internal Medicine (Bone Oncology), Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 010050, P.R. China - Published online on: May 19, 2023 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2023.12031
- Article Number: 332
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Copyright: © Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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