Navigated total knee replacement [2]

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2547-2548

  Mason, J Bohannon ^a   Fehring, Thomas ^b   Fahrbach, Kyle ^b  

^a ORTHOCAROLINA HIP AND KNEE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36048953379     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200711000-00032     Document Type: Letter

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