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Pt. undergoing elbow replacement. We used s/l Tresign reamer to open the olecranon fossa.

Posted By: Spice on 2007-09-15
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Subject: Pt. undergoing elbow replacement. We used s/l Tresign reamer to open the olecranon fossa.

Anyone?


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