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Isolated medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction significantly improved quality of life in patients with recurrent patella dislocation: a response to Hiemstra et al.’s letter to the editor

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  1. Sports Knee Department, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, SY10 7AG, UK

    Theodoros Bouras, Jan Herman Kuiper & Andrew Barnett

  2. School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5BG, UK

    Jan Herman Kuiper

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Bouras, T., Kuiper, J.H. & Barnett, A. Isolated medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction significantly improved quality of life in patients with recurrent patella dislocation: a response to Hiemstra et al.’s letter to the editor. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 27, 3735–3737 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-019-05690-1

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