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Research Article

Knee arthroplasty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

A pilot study from the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association

Otto Robertsson The Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register, Dept of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences, Lund. Lund University, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Svetlana Bizjajeva Swedish National Musculoskeletal Competence Centre (NKO), Lund, Sweden
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Anne Marie Fenstad The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Ove Furnes
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Lars Lidgren The Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register, Dept of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences, Lund. Lund University, Sweden
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Frank Mehnert Danish Knee Arthroplasty Register and Competence Centre North, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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Anders Odgaard The Danish Knee Arthroplasty Register and Department of Orthopaedics, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
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Alma Becic Pedersen Danish Knee Arthroplasty Register and Competence Centre North, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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Leif Ivar Havelin
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Pages 82-89 | Received 29 Oct 2009, Accepted 07 Jan 2010, Published online: 24 Feb 2010

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