Can we really say that no patients benefit from ligament reconstruction tendon interposition?

Affiliations

¹ Plastic Surgery, Bradford Royal Infirmary (Nikkhah, Rodrigues) Plastic Surgery, Pinderfields General Royal Infirmary, Wakefield, United Kingdom (Saleh) Bradford Royal Infirmary, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (Jeffers).

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Dariush Nikkhah et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Mar.

. 2012 Mar;129(3):557e-558e.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182419a23.

¹ Plastic Surgery, Bradford Royal Infirmary (Nikkhah, Rodrigues) Plastic Surgery, Pinderfields General Royal Infirmary, Wakefield, United Kingdom (Saleh) Bradford Royal Infirmary, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (Jeffers).

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