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Achilles Tendon Reconstruction with Semitendinous Tendon Grafts Is Associated with a High Complication Rate

Nicola Maffulli Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi (SA), Italy; Queen Mary University of London, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Mile End Hospital, 275 Bancroft Road, London E1 4DG, England. (E-mail: n.maffulli@qmul.ac.uk)

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