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Susan Swanson’s determination to resume activities after a patella fracture drives need for a new surgical repair procedure

Team Chudik-Administrator | February 3, 2020

Returning home after a vacation is never fun. For Susan Swanson, though, leaving her Michigan vacation with friends changed the next year of her life. Leaving the hotel lobby, Swanson slipped on the hotel atrium floor and crumpled to the ground with her left leg bent backwards at 180 degrees. From the immediate and excruciating […]

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