Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 83-92 , June 2010

Treatment of Lateral Patella Dislocation in the Skeletally Immature Athlete

  • Petri J. Sillanpää, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Heikki M. Mäenpää, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Elizabeth A. Arendt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Elizabeth A. Arendt, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, 2450 Riverside Av., Suite R200, Minneapolis, MN 55454

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doi: 10.1053/j.otsm.2009.12.011

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 83-92 , June 2010

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