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Body mass and weight thresholds for increased prosthetic joint infection rates after primary total joint arthroplasty
Background and purpose — Obesity increases the risk of deep infection after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Our objective was to determine whether there may be body mass index (BMI) and weight thresholds indicating a higher prosthetic joint infection rate. Patients and methods — We included all 9,06...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4812074/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26731633 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2015.1126157 |