The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 108-113 , March 2010

Synthetic grafts for anterior cruciate ligament rupture: 19-year outcome study

  • Alberto Ventura

      Affiliations

    • I Divisione, Istituto Ortopedico G. Pini, Milano, Italy
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  • Clara Terzaghi

      Affiliations

    • I Scuola di Specializzazione in Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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  • Claudio Legnani

      Affiliations

    • I Scuola di Specializzazione in Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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  • Enrico Borgo

      Affiliations

    • I Divisione, Istituto Ortopedico G. Pini, Milano, Italy
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  • Walter Albisetti

      Affiliations

    • I Scuola di Specializzazione in Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

Received 2 December 2008 ,Revised 22 July 2009 ,Accepted 23 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.07.013

The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 108-113 , March 2010

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