Emerging New Technologies and the Medical-Industrial Complex

J Wrist Surg 2013; 02(03): 197-198
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1341963

Commentary

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Authors

Jesse B. Jupiter

¹Hand and Upper Extremity Section, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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