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Total hip replacement and the law of diminishing returns

Ian D Learmonth1

  • 1Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Level 4, Dolphin House, Bristol BS2 8HW, United Kingdom. Ian.Learmonth@bristol.ac.uk

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume
|July 5, 2006
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