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Knee

Early migration of tibial components is associated with late revision

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 21,000 knee arthroplasties

Bart G PijlsDepartment of Orthopaedics, Bio Imaging Group, Leiden University Medical CenterCorrespondence[email protected]
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Edward R ValstarDepartment of Orthopaedics, Bio Imaging Group, Leiden University Medical Center;Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, TU Delft
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Klaas-Auke NoutaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Bio Imaging Group, Leiden University Medical Center
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Josepha WM Plevier Walaeus Library
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Marta Fiocco Department of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Leiden University Medical Center
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Saskia Middeldorp Academic Medical Center, Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam;Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Rob GHH NelissenDepartment of Orthopaedics, Bio Imaging Group, Leiden University Medical Center
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Pages 614-624 | Received 29 Feb 2012, Accepted 04 Sep 2012, Published online: 09 Nov 2012

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