Anterior cruciate ligament repair with LARS (ligament advanced reinforcement system): A systematic review

Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Machotka, Zuzana ^a,b   Scarborough, Ian ^b   Duncan, Will ^c   Kumar, Saravana ^a   Perraton, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Wakefield Clinic   (Australia)

^c Wakefield Orthopaedic Clinic   (Australia)

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EID: 78650954562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2555-2-29     Document Type: Review

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