The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 507-513 , June 2010

Twenty-Year Survivorship of Cementless Anatomic Graduated Component Total Knee Arthroplasty

  • Merrill A. Ritter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Joint Replacement Surgeons of Indiana Research Foundation, Center for Hip and Knee Surgery, Mooresville, Indiana
    • ,
  • R. Michael Meneghini, MD

      Affiliations

    • New England Musculoskeletal Institute, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: R. Michael Meneghini, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Medical Arts and Research Building, 4th Floor, #4016, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06034-4037.

Received 5 October 2008 ,Accepted 15 April 2009.

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 Benefits or funds were received in partial or total support of the research material described in this article. These benefits or support were received from the following sources: JRSI Research Foundation receives research funding from Biomet, Warsaw, IN.

PII: S0883-5403(09)00124-7

doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.04.018

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 507-513 , June 2010

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