The Need for Guidelines in Asplenic Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Case Report

There are currently no guidelines for splenectomy patient undergoing total joint arthroplasty. We present a case history of a 63-year-old man with a history of splenectomy that underwent a total knee arthroplasty with standard intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis. Two weeks postoperatively, he develop...

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Autores principales: Shaarani, S. R., Collins, D., O'Byrne, J. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/147042

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/147042

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