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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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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 |