The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 407-411 , December 2010

Intraoperatively-made cement-on-cement antibiotic-loaded articulating spacer for infected total knee arthroplasty

Received 11 April 2009 ,Revised 25 November 2009 ,Accepted 27 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.11.007

The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 407-411 , December 2010

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