Beard D, Davies L, Cook J, et al. The clinical and cost-effectiveness of total versus partial knee replacement in patients with medial compartment osteoarthritis (TOPKAT): 5-year outcomes of a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2019;394:746-56. The study was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (project number 08/14/08). To read the full NIHR Signal, go to…
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