Comparison of static and mobile antibiotic-impregnated cement spacers for the treatment of infected total knee arthroplasty
✍ Scribed by Sang-Jin Park; Eun-Kyoo Song; Jong-Keun Seon; Taek-Rim Yoon; Gi-Heon Park
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0341-2695
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