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Am I the right surgeon, in the right hospital, with the right equipment and staff to do this operation?

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  1. Exeter Knee Reconstruction Unit, Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter, Devon, UK

    Jonathan R. A. Phillips & Andrew D. Toms

  2. Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Hochstrasse 29, 14770, Brandenburg/havel, Germany

    Roland Becker

  3. University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Michael T. Hirschmann

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), Bruderholz, 4101, Basel, Switzerland

    Michael T. Hirschmann

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Phillips, J.R.A., Toms, A.D., Becker, R. et al. Am I the right surgeon, in the right hospital, with the right equipment and staff to do this operation?. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 27, 1009–1010 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-019-05393-7

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