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Pull-out suture in posterior root avulsion fracture of the medial meniscus: 2 cases

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

    Jin-Ho Cho & Jung-Hoon Kim

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Cho, JH., Kim, JH. Pull-out suture in posterior root avulsion fracture of the medial meniscus: 2 cases. J Orthop Sci 17, 98–103 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-011-0078-7

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