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Why still in hospital after fast-track hip and knee arthroplasty?

Henrik HustedDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery; The Lundbeck Centre for Fast-track Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Troels H LunnDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Hvidovre University Hospital; The Lundbeck Centre for Fast-track Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Anders TroelsenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery; The Lundbeck Centre for Fast-track Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lissi Gaarn-Larsen The Lundbeck Centre for Fast-track Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Billy B KristensenDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Hvidovre University Hospital; The Lundbeck Centre for Fast-track Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Henrik Kehlet Section of Surgical Pathophysiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University; The Lundbeck Centre for Fast-track Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Copenhagen, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 679-684 | Received 24 May 2011, Accepted 02 Aug 2011, Published online: 09 Nov 2011

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