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ARTICLE

Sensitivity analysis of the knee ligament forces to the surgical design variation during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a finite element analysis

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Pages 1063-1071 | Received 24 Oct 2020, Accepted 11 Nov 2021, Published online: 25 Nov 2021

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