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Knee

Patella re-alignment in children with a modified Grammont technique

Outcome in 65 knees after mean 8 years

Tanja KrausDepartment of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Surjit LidderDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Eastbourne District General Hospital, East Sussex, UK
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Martin ŠvehlíkDepartment of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria;Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology for Children and Adults, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Karoline RippelDepartment of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Frank SchneiderDepartment of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Robert EberlDepartment of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Wolfgang LinhartDepartment of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Pages 504-510 | Received 14 Dec 2011, Accepted 14 Jul 2012, Published online: 08 Oct 2012

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