Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 234-243 , October 2007

Management of Patellar and Trochlear Chondral Injuries

  • Dennis E. Kramer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dennis E. Kramer, MD, Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 319 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115.
    • ,
  • Mininder S. Kocher, MD, MPH

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doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2007.10.007

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 234-243 , October 2007

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