The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 420-426 , December 2009

Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Replacement: A persistent controversy

  • J. Noble

      Affiliations

    • University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • J.R. Goodall

      Affiliations

    • Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • D.J. Noble

      Affiliations

    • University of Cambridge Medical School, 2 St. Matthews Gardens, Cambridge CB1 2PJ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 6 November 2008 ,Revised 3 April 2009 ,Accepted 21 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.04.009

The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 420-426 , December 2009

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