Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 11 , Pages 1143-1145 , November 2006

Partial Rupture of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

  • Wolf Petersen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Wolf Petersen, M.D., Department of Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, Wilhelms University Muenster, Waldeyerstrasse 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
  • ,
  • Thore Zantop, M.D.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(06)01115-7

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.08.017

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 11 , Pages 1143-1145 , November 2006