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Letter to the Editor concerning “Pre-operative predictors of lower extremity swelling following total knee arthroplasty in patients with venous insufficiency and osteoarthritis”

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  1. Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Shangtang Road 158#, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China

    Di Zhu & Gen-ying Zhu

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Zhu, D., Zhu, Gy. Letter to the Editor concerning “Pre-operative predictors of lower extremity swelling following total knee arthroplasty in patients with venous insufficiency and osteoarthritis”. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 45, 3007–3008 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-021-05206-y

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