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Clinical outcomes of simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty.

A tertiary-center experience

Abdullah O. Bawazir, Hossein A. Filimban, Nawaf Halabi, Salman W. Bafageeh, Rayan Halabi, Saeed Albukhari, Eyad A. Alakkas, Habib Al Etani, Abdullah Basalaim, Ahmed Alturkistan and Bander Hetaimish
Saudi Medical Journal March 2022, 43 (3) 317-320; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210903
Abdullah O. Bawazir
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hossein A. Filimban
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nawaf Halabi
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Salman W. Bafageeh
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Rayan Halabi
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saeed Albukhari
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Eyad A. Alakkas
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Habib Al Etani
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Basalaim
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmed Alturkistan
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Bander Hetaimish
From the College of Medicine (Bawazir, Filimban, N. Halabi, Bafageeh, Albukhari), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the College of Medicine (R. Halabi), King Abdulaziz University, from the Department of Surgery/Orthopedic Section (Alakkas, Al Etani, Basalaim, Alturkistan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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