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The externally rotated leg: a trap for the unwary
  1. F Lam1,
  2. S Hussain2
  1. 1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent TN24 0LZ, UK
  2. 2Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Sussex County Hospital, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Mr F Lam

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.19.5.464

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