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Case report

A rare case of bilateral large osteolysis following cemented and cementless total knee arthroplasties

Julian DexelDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stephan KirschnerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Melinda K HarmanDepartment of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
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Jörg LütznerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Pages 112-115 | Received 06 Aug 2012, Accepted 30 Sep 2012, Published online: 17 Dec 2012

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