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Low rate of infected knee replacements in a nationwide series—is it an underestimate?: Review of the Finnish Arthroplasty Register on 38,676 operations performed in 1997 through 2003
Background and purpose Specialist hospitals have reported an incidence of early deep infections of < 1% following primary knee replacement. The purpose of this study was to estimate the infection rate in a nationwide series using register-based data. Methods The Finnish Arthroplasty Register (FAR...
Autores principales: | Jämsen, Esa, Huotari, Kaisa, Huhtala, Heini, Nevalainen, Juha, Konttinen, Yrjö T |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Informa Healthcare
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823163/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19404805 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453670902947432 |
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