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The efficacy of vancomycin powder in total knee arthroplasty

A single-center study

Wazzan S. Aljuhani, Abdullah M. Alanazi, Mohammad A. Alghafees, Sondos H. Sagor and Ali A. Alhandi
Saudi Medical Journal May 2021, 42 (5) 550-554; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.5.20210022
Wazzan S. Aljuhani
From the Department of Surgery (Aljuhani, Alhandi), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs; from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljuhani, Alanazi, Alghafees); from the College of Medicine (Aljuhani, Alanazi, Alghafees), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and from the Department of Biostatistics (Sagor), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah M. Alanazi
From the Department of Surgery (Aljuhani, Alhandi), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs; from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljuhani, Alanazi, Alghafees); from the College of Medicine (Aljuhani, Alanazi, Alghafees), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and from the Department of Biostatistics (Sagor), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammad A. Alghafees
From the Department of Surgery (Aljuhani, Alhandi), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs; from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljuhani, Alanazi, Alghafees); from the College of Medicine (Aljuhani, Alanazi, Alghafees), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and from the Department of Biostatistics (Sagor), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sondos H. Sagor
From the Department of Surgery (Aljuhani, Alhandi), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs; from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljuhani, Alanazi, Alghafees); from the College of Medicine (Aljuhani, Alanazi, Alghafees), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and from the Department of Biostatistics (Sagor), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ali A. Alhandi
From the Department of Surgery (Aljuhani, Alhandi), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs; from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljuhani, Alanazi, Alghafees); from the College of Medicine (Aljuhani, Alanazi, Alghafees), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and from the Department of Biostatistics (Sagor), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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