Surgery for knee osteoarthritis in younger patients

A Swedish Register Study

Annette W-Dahl Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University Hospital, Lund, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]

Otto Robertsson Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Lars Lidgren Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

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