Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 44-51 , January 2009

Physeal Sparring Transepiphyseal Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

  • Jan S. Grudziak, MD, PhD

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PII: S1048-6666(09)00089-5

doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2009.04.002

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 44-51 , January 2009

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