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01-05-2016 | Editorial

Defining outcome after meniscal allograft transplantation: Is buying time a valid measure of success?

Authors: Tim Spalding, Alan Getgood

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 5/2016

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Title: Defining outcome after meniscal allograft transplantation: Is buying time a valid measure of success?
Authors: Tim Spalding
Alan Getgood
Publication date: 01-05-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-016-4128-8

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