Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 298-307 , October 2005

Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the Skeletally Immature Patient

  • Mininder S. Kocher, MD, MPH

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Mininder S. Kocher, MD, MPH, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.

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PII: S1048-6666(05)00048-0

doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2005.08.003

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 298-307 , October 2005

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