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Inversed, capsized, and flipped knots: Unravelling a geometrical tangle

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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy Aims and scope

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  1. Section of Surgical Oncological Disciplines, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Hage, J.J. Inversed, capsized, and flipped knots: Unravelling a geometrical tangle. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthr 15, 1514–1515 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-007-0407-8

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