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Increasing risk of prosthetic joint infection after total hip arthroplasty: 2,778 revisions due to infection after 432,168 primary THAs in the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The risk of revision due to infection after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) has been reported to be increasing in Norway. We investigated whether this increase is a common feature in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The...

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Autores principales: Dale, Håvard, Fenstad, Anne M, Hallan, Geir, Havelin, Leif I, Furnes, Ove, Overgaard, Søren, Pedersen, Alma B, Kärrholm, Johan, Garellick, Göran, Pulkkinen, Pekka, Eskelinen, Antti, Mäkelä, Keijo, Engesæter, Lars B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3488170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23083433
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2012.733918