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The effect of triclosan coated sutures on rate of Surgical Site Infection after hip and knee replacement: a protocol for a double-blind randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: 187,000 hip and knee joint replacements are performed every year in the National Health Service (NHS). One of the commonest complications is surgical site infection (SSI), and this represents a significant burden in terms of patient morbidity, mortality and cost to health services around...

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Autores principales: Sprowson, Andrew P, Jensen, Cyrus D, Parsons, Nick, Partington, Paul, Emmerson, Kevin, Carluke, Ian, Asaad, Seif, Pratt, Roland, Muller, Scott, Reed, Mike R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4108972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25027459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-237