Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 244-249 , October 2006

Fresh Osteochondral Allograft Resurfacing of the Ankle

  • Simon Görtz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Simon Görtz, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, 4150 Regents Park Row, Suite 300, La Jolla, CA 92037.
  • ,
  • William D. Bugbee, MD

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PII: S1048-6666(06)00076-0

doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2006.08.005

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 244-249 , October 2006