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Spontaneous patellar fracture in a soccer player occurred 3 years and 3 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with central third bone-patellar tendon–bone graft

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  1. Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust, Civil Hospital of Iseo, Brescia, Italy

    Andrea Emilio Salvi & Giovanni Pietro Metelli

  2. Radiology Department, Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust, Civil Hospital of Iseo, Brescia, Italy

    Giovanni Musella

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Salvi, A.E., Metelli, G.P. & Musella, G. Spontaneous patellar fracture in a soccer player occurred 3 years and 3 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with central third bone-patellar tendon–bone graft. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthr 15, 1280–1281 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-007-0370-4

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