Open Patellar Tendon Debridement for Treatment of Recalcitrant Patellar Tendinopathy: Indications, Technique, and Clinical Outcomes After a 2-Year Minimum Follow-up

Sports Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-280

  Gill IV, Thomas J ^a   Carroll, Kaitlin M ^a   Hariri, Sonaz ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical outcomes; fenestration; microfracture; patellar tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876934721     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738112467950     Document Type: Article

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