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Does graft choice affect osteoarthritis development in the knee after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?

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  1. Orthopedic and Traumatology, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, 2700, Turkey

    Oguz Cebesoy & Mehmet Subasi

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Cebesoy, O., Subasi, M. Does graft choice affect osteoarthritis development in the knee after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?. International Orthopaedics (SICO 32, 479 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-007-0412-z

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