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The effect of lateral opening wedge distal femoral osteotomy on medial knee opening: clinical and biomechanical factors

✍ Scribed by Iftach Hetsroni, Stephen Lyman…

Book ID
120740760
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Weight
442 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0942-2056

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