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Increasing risk of revision due to deep infection after hip arthroplasty: A study on 97,344 primary total hip replacements in the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register from 1987 to 2007

Background and purpose Over the decades, improvements in surgery and perioperative routines have reduced the incidence of deep infections after total hip arthroplasty (THA). There is, however, some evidence to suggest that the incidence of infection is increasing again. We assessed the risk of revis...

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Autores principales: Dale, Håvard, Hallan, Geir, Espehaug, Birgitte, Havelin, Leif I, Engesæter, Lars B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19995313
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453670903506658