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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 311 Finch Yeager Building, Frank Bassett Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

    Claude T. Moorman III MD (Associate Professor, Director, Sports Medicine)

  2. Department of Surgery, Duke University, 280 Frank Bassett Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

    Maria K.A. Kaseta MD (Fellow, Sports Medicine)

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Moorman, C.T., Kaseta, M.K. (2008). Formal Open Repair of the Achilles Tendon. In: Nunley, J. (eds) The Achilles Tendon. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79205-7_8

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