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Original Articles

Mobile-bearing medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty restores limb alignment comparable to that of the unaffected contralateral limb

Arun B MullajiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Breach Candy Hospital; ;Mullaji Knee Clinic, Mumbai, India
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Siddharth ShahDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Breach Candy Hospital;
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Gautam M ShettyDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Breach Candy Hospital; ;Mullaji Knee Clinic, Mumbai, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 70-74 | Received 18 Jul 2016, Accepted 12 Sep 2016, Published online: 31 Oct 2016

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