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01-07-2015 | Case Report

Failure of a Knee Joint Load Absorber: Pain, Metallosis and Soft Tissue Damage

Authors: Karl Friedrich Schüttler, MD, Marion Roessler, MD, Susanne Fuchs-Winkelmann, MD, Turgay Efe, MD, Thomas J. Heyse, MD

Published in: HSS Journal ® | Issue 2/2015

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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, progressive disease resulting in loss of function and pain due to articular cartilage loss and represents the most common disease among musculoskeletal disorders [7, 8, 15]. …

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Title: Failure of a Knee Joint Load Absorber: Pain, Metallosis and Soft Tissue Damage
Authors: Karl Friedrich Schüttler, MD
Marion Roessler, MD
Susanne Fuchs-Winkelmann, MD
Turgay Efe, MD
Thomas J. Heyse, MD
Publication date: 01-07-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: HSS Journal ® / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1556-3316
Electronic ISSN: 1556-3324
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-015-9436-x

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