Fresh osteochondral allografts for post-traumatic knee defects: Surgical technique

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 334-339

  Gross, Allan E ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fresh osteochondral allograft; Osteotomy; Post traumatic knee defects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000150232     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-6666(97)80037-7     Document Type: Article

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