Multiligament Knee Injury: Should Surgical Reconstruction be Acute or Delayed?

Evidence-Based Orthopaedics: The Best Answers to Clinical Questions

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 648-658

  Marsh, JacQuelyn ^a   Somerville, Lyndsay ^a   Giffin, J Robert ^a   Bryant, Dianne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 84882844414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-141604444-4.50100-4     Document Type: Chapter

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