The anterolateral ligament: a closed chapter?

Affiliations

¹ Bioengineering Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Focus Clinic Orthopedic Surgery, Medical Center Haaglanden and Bronovo-Nebo, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Comment

Willem A Kernkamp et al. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;4(Suppl 1):S37.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.09.21.

¹ Bioengineering Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Focus Clinic Orthopedic Surgery, Medical Center Haaglanden and Bronovo-Nebo, The Hague, The Netherlands.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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