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JBJS Rev. 2014 Dec 02;2(12). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.N.00025.

Failed Total Knee Arthroplasty.

JBJS reviews

Jad Bou Monsef, Nicholas Schraut, Mark Gonzalez

Affiliations

  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 835 South Walcott Avenue, Room E270, Chicago, IL, 60612.

PMID: 27490508 DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.N.00025

[No abstract available.]

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