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Low rate of infected knee replacements in a nationwide series—is it an underestimate?

Review of the Finnish Arthroplasty Register on 38,676 operations performed in 1997 through 2003

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Pages 205-212 | Accepted 17 Dec 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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