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Fillers An important lesson

The correct leg

BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7286.602 (Published 10 March 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:602
  1. Subhasish Deb, clinical research fellow in orthopaedics,
  2. John Aldridge, consultant orthopaedic surgeon
  1. Coventry

    It was another busy Monday morning. It was a whole day theatre day and my boss and I had been going round to see all the patients beforehand.

    The last patient we saw was a woman who was due to have an operation on her Achilles tendon. She turned round and lay prone as we examined her. Then we put a big black …

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