Updated strategies to treat acute arterial complications associated with total knee and hip arthroplasty
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Blood Conservation Strategies in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.04.035