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. 2018 Oct;476(10):1961-1963.
doi: 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000274.

CORR Insights®: Etiology of Above-knee Amputations in the United States: Is Periprosthetic Joint Infection an Emerging Cause?

Dustin Schuett  1
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CORR Insights®: Etiology of Above-knee Amputations in the United States: Is Periprosthetic Joint Infection an Emerging Cause?

Dustin Schuett. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2018 Oct.
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