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Comment on Cho et al.: Mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in old-aged patients demonstrates superior short-term clinical outcomes to open-wedge high tibial osteotomy in middle-aged patients with advanced isolated medial osteoarthritis

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China

    Jian Zhou & Wanchun Wang

  2. Department of Sports Medicine Research Center, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China

    Jian Zhou

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Zhou, J., Wang, W. Comment on Cho et al.: Mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in old-aged patients demonstrates superior short-term clinical outcomes to open-wedge high tibial osteotomy in middle-aged patients with advanced isolated medial osteoarthritis. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 42, 2365–2366 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-018-3949-0

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