The Long-Term Wear of Retrieved McKee-Farrar Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Prostheses
โ Scribed by Donald W. Howie; Richard W. McCalden; Namal S. Nawana; Kerry Costi; Mark J. Pearcy; Chinnia Subramanian
- Book ID
- 116255870
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 302 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8406
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