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CORR Insights®: Local Gentamicin Delivery From Resorbable Viscous Hydrogels Is Therapeutically Effective

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The Original Article was published on 17 September 2014

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    Jessica Amber Jennings PhD

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This CORR Insights® is a commentary on the article “Local Gentamicin Delivery From Resorbable Viscous Hydrogels Is Therapeutically Effective” by Overstreet and colleagues available at: DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3935-9.

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This CORR Insights® comment refers to the article available at DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3935-9.

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Jennings, J.A. CORR Insights®: Local Gentamicin Delivery From Resorbable Viscous Hydrogels Is Therapeutically Effective. Clin Orthop Relat Res 473, 348–350 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3992-0

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