Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 763-766 , October 2000

Saphenous neuralgia after arthroscopically assisted anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with a semitendinosus and gracilis tendon graft

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☆ Address correspondence and requests for reprints to Christoph Bertram, M.D., Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie der Universität zu Köln, Joseph-Stelzmann Straße 9, D-50931 Köln, Germany.

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doi: 10.1053/jars.2000.4820

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 763-766 , October 2000

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