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Along with the meniscus, the patella has now been permanently removed from the ever-shrinking list of anatomic structures thought to be expendable at best and a mere source of pain at worst.
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Grelsamer, R.P., Gould, J. (2012). The biomechanics of the patella. In: The Knee Joint. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-287-99353-4_44
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