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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The therapeutic outcome of minimally invasive synovectomy assisted with arthroscopy in the rheumatoid knee

Hiroyasu OgawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hikone Municipal Hospital, 1882 Hassaka, Hikone, Shiga 522-0057, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mansho ItokazuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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Yoshiki ItoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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Masashi FukutaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toyosato Hospital, Shiga, Japan
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Katsuji ShimizuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
Pages 360-363 | Received 24 Aug 2006, Accepted 17 May 2006, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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