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Endoscopic excision of a ganglion cyst in an infrapatellar fat pad extending into the subcutaneous layer

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea

    Hong-Chul Lim & Hak-Jun Kim

  2. Department of Pathology, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea

    Yoon-Jung Kim

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul Veterans Hospital, 6-2 Dunchon-dong, Kangdong-gu, Seoul, Korea

    Jae-Hyuk Yang, Taik-Sun Kim, Chi-Hun Oh & Jung-Ro Yoon

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Yang, JH., Kim, TS., Lim, HC. et al. Endoscopic excision of a ganglion cyst in an infrapatellar fat pad extending into the subcutaneous layer. J Orthop Sci 17, 654–658 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-011-0099-2

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