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What does ao mean in a weber b fracture and weber b 1:2?
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AO: Ao stands for the organization that developed standards for internal fixation of bone and joints. Here's their website: https://www.Aofoundation.Org/structure/pages/default.Aspx.
Answered 6/21/2013
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Ao stands for : Arbeitsgemeinshaft fur osteosynthesefragen. It is the group that helped publicize rigid internal fixation for fractures. Read this for more. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9520870/.
Answered 6/19/2022
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