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From 1971 through 1984 in the Orthopaedic Department of the Rheumaklinik, Bad Bramstedt, 977 knee endoprostheses were implanted — the great majority in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Surface replacement was used as well asjhe hinge of the “St. Georg” type, and after 1978 a constrained total joint with migrating axis.
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Tillmann, K. (1988). Endoprosthetic Replacement of the Knee in Rheumatic Diseases. In: Müller, W., Hackenbruch, W. (eds) Surgery and Arthroscopy of the Knee. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72782-5_120
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