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Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty; Unicondylar knee replacement; Arthroplasty - unicompartmental knee
Most patients have a rapid recovery and have considerably less pain than they did before surgery.
Most patients go home the day after surgery (unlike the 3 or 4 days...
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