The epidemiology of revision total knee arthroplasty in the United States.

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Published in Clin Orthop Relat Res on June 25, 2009

Authors

Kevin J Bozic1, Steven M Kurtz, Edmund Lau, Kevin Ong, Vanessa Chiu, Thomas P Vail, Harry E Rubash, Daniel J Berry

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Ave., MU320W, San Francisco, CA 94143-0728, USA. bozick@orthosurg.ucsf.edu

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Evaluation of Wound Management With Negative Pressure Dressing Versus Standard Dressing After Revision Arthroplasty. | NCT02127281

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