Letter to the Editor: TBS—A Call to Wake from an Orthopedic Nightmare (An Orthopedic Surgeons’ Way Out)

Shaphat Ibrahim Shuaibu¹, Yusuf Stephen¹, Ngwan David Wujika², Bukar Shehu¹, Abubakar Sadiq Muazu¹, Kefas Wida³

¹Department of Orthopedic and Trauma, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Nigeria.
²Department of Surgery, Modibbo-Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Nigeria.
³Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Nigeria.

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1112911                

Abstract

Letter to the Editor.

Keywords

Letter to the Editor

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Conflicts of Interest

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