Periprosthetic Joint Infections: Clinical and Bench Research

Prosthetic joint infection is a devastating complication with high morbidity and substantial cost. The incidence is low but probably underestimated. Despite a significant basic and clinical research in this field, many questions concerning the definition of prosthetic infection as well the diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Legout, Laurence, Senneville, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24288493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/549091
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description Prosthetic joint infection is a devastating complication with high morbidity and substantial cost. The incidence is low but probably underestimated. Despite a significant basic and clinical research in this field, many questions concerning the definition of prosthetic infection as well the diagnosis and the management of these infections remained unanswered. We review the current literature about the new diagnostic methods, the management and the prevention of prosthetic joint infections.
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spelling pubmed-38263192013-11-28 Periprosthetic Joint Infections: Clinical and Bench Research Legout, Laurence Senneville, Eric ScientificWorldJournal Review Article Prosthetic joint infection is a devastating complication with high morbidity and substantial cost. The incidence is low but probably underestimated. Despite a significant basic and clinical research in this field, many questions concerning the definition of prosthetic infection as well the diagnosis and the management of these infections remained unanswered. We review the current literature about the new diagnostic methods, the management and the prevention of prosthetic joint infections. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3826319/ /pubmed/24288493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/549091 Text en Copyright © 2013 L. Legout and E. Senneville. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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