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Original Articles

Lower prosthesis-specific 10-year revision rate with crosslinked than with non-crosslinked polyethylene in primary total knee arthroplasty

386,104 procedures from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry

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Pages 721-727 | Received 24 Sep 2014, Accepted 20 Apr 2015, Published online: 28 Jun 2015

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