Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 123-128 , June 2010

Complications of Patellar Stabilization Surgery

  • Andrea L. Bowers, MD
    • ,
  • Beth E. Shubin Stein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Beth E. Shubin Stein, MD, Department of Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 E. 70th St, New York, NY 10021

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doi: 10.1053/j.otsm.2009.12.013

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 123-128 , June 2010

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