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Venous thromboembolism after total knee and hip arthroplasty

A retrospective study

Mosaad O. Almegren, Alhanouf A. Alhedaithy, Amal S. Alomri, Nouf F. Albawardy, Rawan S. Mesmar and Mohammad A. Al Qahtani
Saudi Medical Journal November 2018, 39 (11) 1096-1101; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.11.23545

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