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Comment
. 2016 Dec;4(24):532.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.11.01.

Is the revision of a primary TKA really as easy and safe as the revision of a primary UKA?

Kevin Staats  1 , Christian Merle  2 , Tom Schmidt-Braekling  3 , Friedrich Boettner  4 , Reinhard Windhager  1 , Wenzel Waldstein  1
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Is the revision of a primary TKA really as easy and safe as the revision of a primary UKA?

Kevin Staats et al. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Dec.
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