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Knee arthroscopy without the use of the tourniquet could enhance the use of the Y sign for determining optimal placement of the anteromedial portal

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Šalata 6/7, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Damjan Dimnjaković & Ivan Bojanić

  2. School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ivan Bojanić

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Dimnjaković, D., Bojanić, I. Knee arthroscopy without the use of the tourniquet could enhance the use of the Y sign for determining optimal placement of the anteromedial portal. Surg Radiol Anat 42, 647–648 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-019-02360-2

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