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Knee

No clinical benefit of gender-specific total knee arthroplasty

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 6 randomized controlled trials

Tao ChengDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s HospitalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Chen ZhuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Anhui Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, People’s Republic of China.
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Jiaxing WangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital
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Mengqi ChengDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital
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Xiaochun PengDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital
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Qi WangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital
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Xianlong ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital
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Pages 415-421 | Received 04 Apr 2013, Accepted 24 Feb 2014, Published online: 23 Jun 2014

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