Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 1258-1262 , September 2010

Simultaneous Reconstruction of Ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Medial Patellofemoral Ligament With Ipsilateral Quadriceps Grafts

  • Marko Macura, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Marko Macura, M.D., Department of Traumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    • ,
  • Matjaž Veselko, M.D., Ph.D.

Received 4 April 2010 ,Accepted 9 June 2010.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(10)00626-2

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.06.018

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 1258-1262 , September 2010

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