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Preventing acute infection in total hip prostheses implanted after external fixation of the femur: is there a need for a staged procedure?

We report two cases of acute infection of an uncemented femoral component in a hip prosthesis implanted after external fixation of a femoral fracture. In both cases, the surgical access did not cross over the pin scars. When the prosthesis was implanted the stem crossed one or more pin tracts. The p...

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Autores principales: Massè, A., Aprato, A., Guzzi Susini, E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19384478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-008-0101-8