Does Operative Time Affect Infection Rate in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty?
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Does the Severity of Pre-operative Radiographic Changes Affect the Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty?
of Total Knee Arthroplasty? Choi J K: Kim Y S; Nyce J; Wang W; Katlowitz, K:Macaulay W; Geller, J A Center for Hip and Knee Replacement, Columbia University, New York, NY Orthopedic department of Catholic University, Seoul, Korea [email protected] INTRODUCTION: Radiographic joint space narrowing (JSN) and osteophytes are classic hallmarks of advanced knee osteoarthritis which often lead physi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0009-921X
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3628-4