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Do specialist hip unit surgeons have any significant influence on reducing rates of surgical site infection?

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    Xiao-yang Li, Hui Li, Jie Bu & Tao Xiao

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Li, Xy., Li, H., Bu, J. et al. Do specialist hip unit surgeons have any significant influence on reducing rates of surgical site infection?. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 39, 207–208 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-014-2598-1

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