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. 2015 Jun;473(6):2028-30.
doi: 10.1007/s11999-015-4202-4. Epub 2015 Feb 18.

CORR Insights(®): Is There an Advantage to Knotless Barbed Suture in TKA Wound Closure? A Randomized Trial in Simultaneous Bilateral TKAs

Brett R Levine  1
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CORR Insights(®): Is There an Advantage to Knotless Barbed Suture in TKA Wound Closure? A Randomized Trial in Simultaneous Bilateral TKAs

Brett R Levine. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 Jun.
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