75% success rate after open debridement, exchange of tibial insert, and antibiotics in knee prosthetic joint infections: Report on 145 cases from the Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a leading cause of early revision after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Open debridement with exchange of tibial insert allows treatment of infection with retention of fixed components. We investigated the success rate of this procedure in t...

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Autores principales: Holmberg, Anna, Thórhallsdóttir, Valdís Gudrún, Robertsson, Otto, W-Dahl, Annette, Stefánsdóttir, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2015
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Knee
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4513601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25753311
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2015.1026756

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4513601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25753311
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2015.1026756

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