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Reply to letter to editor: Patient-specific instruments in total knee arthroplasty

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  1. Orthopaedic Unit and “Kirk Kilgour” Sports Injury Centre, S. Andrea Hospital, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Via Grottarossa 1035, Rome, Italy

    Daniele Mazza, Fabio Conteduca, Raffaele Iorio & Andrea Ferretti

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Mazza, D., Conteduca, F., Iorio, R. et al. Reply to letter to editor: Patient-specific instruments in total knee arthroplasty. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 38, 1339–1340 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-014-2337-7

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