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Management of Patella Tendon Disruptions in Total Knee Arthroplasty

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  1. Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Giles R. Scuderi M.D. (Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Director and Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

  2. The Insall Scott Kelly Institute, New York, NY, USA

    Giles R. Scuderi M.D. (Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Director and Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

  3. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

    Giles R. Scuderi M.D. (Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Director and Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery)

  4. The Insall Scott Kelly Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Brian C. De Muth M.D.

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  1. Insall Scott Kelly Institute, 178 East 85th Street, New York, NY, 10028

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

    Alfred J. Tria Jr. M.D.

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Scuderi, G.R., De Muth, B.C. (2006). Management of Patella Tendon Disruptions in Total Knee Arthroplasty. In: Scuderi, G.R., Tria, A.J. (eds) Knee Arthroplasty Handbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33531-5_13

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