Intravenous Corticosteroids to Improve Early Rehabilitation in Total Knee Arthroplasty

J Knee Surg 2019; 32(09): 940
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1670628

Letter to the Editor

Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Mark C. Kendall

¹Department of Anesthesiology, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

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Lucas J. Castro Alves

¹Department of Anesthesiology, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

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