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Open Access 22-03-2023 | Tibial Plateau Fracture | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editor of: “posterior tibial plateau impaction fractures are not associated with increased knee instability: a quantitative pivot shift analysis”

Authors: M. Krause, A. Korthaus, J. Frings, M. T. Berninger, T. C. Drenck, L. Eggeling, R. Akoto, K. H. Frosch

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 8/2023

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Title: Letter to the editor of: “posterior tibial plateau impaction fractures are not associated with increased knee instability: a quantitative pivot shift analysis”
Authors: M. Krause
A. Korthaus
J. Frings
M. T. Berninger
T. C. Drenck
L. Eggeling
R. Akoto
K. H. Frosch
Publication date: 22-03-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Tibial Plateau Fracture
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 8/2023
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-023-07361-8

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