Low Infection Rate after Tumor Hip Arthroplasty for Metastatic Bone Disease in a Cohort Treated with Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis

Background. Compared to conventional hip arthroplasty, endoprosthetic reconstruction after tumor resection is associated with a substantially increased risk of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), with reported rates of around 10% in a recent systematic review. The optimal duration of antibiotic pr...

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Autores principales: Hettwer, Werner H., Horstmann, Peter Frederik, Hovgaard, Thea Bechmann, Grum-Scwensen, Tomas Andreas, Petersen, Michael M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25705521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/428986

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25705521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/428986

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