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July 26, 2023
By William Lennen, MD, Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital
As a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, I’m well-versed in helping other patients understand if and when they should consider knee replacement surgery. But when I became a patient undergoing the same...
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