Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 72-79 , January 2007

Trochleoplasty for Chronic Patellofemoral Instability

  • Philip B. Schöttle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Philip B. Schöttle, MD, Sports Traumatology and rthroscopy Service, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany.
    • ,
  • Andreas Weiler, MD, PhD

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doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2006.09.013

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 72-79 , January 2007

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