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Splintered pathologic fracture of the patella secondary to gout tophi treated by total patellectomy

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai 6th People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Yishan Road 600, Shanghai, 200233, People’s Republic of China

    Daoyun Chen & Yao Jiang

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Chen, D., Jiang, Y. Splintered pathologic fracture of the patella secondary to gout tophi treated by total patellectomy. J Orthop Sci 16, 253–257 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-011-0022-x

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