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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2 Silverstein Pavilion, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    John Scolaro MD, Joseph Bernstein MD & Jaimo Ahn MD, PhD

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Scolaro, J., Bernstein, J. & Ahn, J. In Brief: Patellar Fractures. Clin Orthop Relat Res 469, 1213–1215 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-010-1537-8

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