Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 66-71 , January 2007

Anteromedialization of the Tibial Tubercle

  • Oliver Steimer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Oliver Steimer, MD, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie, D-66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany.
    • ,
  • Dieter Kohn, MD

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PII: S1048-6666(06)00091-7

doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2006.09.012

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 66-71 , January 2007

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