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Surgical Techniques in Total Knee Arthroplasty

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  1. Gerard A. Engh
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  1. Insall Scott Kelly Institute, 170 East End Avenue, New York, NY, 10128, USA

    Giles R. Scuderi M.D.

  2. Orthopaeidc Center of New Jersey, 1527 State Highway 27, Suite 1300, Somerset, NJ, 08873, USA

    Alfred J. Tria Jr. M.D.

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Engh, G.A. (2002). Midvastus Approach. In: Scuderi, G.R., Tria, A.J. (eds) Surgical Techniques in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21714-2_16

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