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Reply to the letter by A. E. Salvi et al. on the article “Patellar fractures associated with medial-third bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft ACL reconstruction”

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  1. Consultant in Orthopaedics Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery, Department in Orthopaedics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Christos D. Papageorgiou

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Papageorgiou, C.D. Reply to the letter by A. E. Salvi et al. on the article “Patellar fractures associated with medial-third bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft ACL reconstruction”. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthr 15, 1282 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-007-0369-x

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