Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty in Super-obese Patients: Dramatically Higher Postoperative Complication Rates Even Compared to Revision Surgery
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- 1 May 2015
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of Arthroplasty
- Vol. 30 (5) , 849-853
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