The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 479-483 , December 2009

Quadriceps tendon free graft augmentation for a midsubstance tear of the medial collateral ligament during total knee arthroplasty

  • Kwang Am Jung
    • ,
  • Su Chan Lee

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Joint and Arthritis Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Himchan Hospital, 404-3, Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu, 158-806, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 2 3219 9114; fax: +82 2 3219 9347.
    • ,
  • Seung Hyun Hwang
    • ,
  • Soong Hyun Jung

Received 21 August 2008 ,Revised 6 April 2009 ,Accepted 13 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.04.007

The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 479-483 , December 2009

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