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Infection burden in total hip and knee arthroplasties: an international registry-based perspective

BACKGROUND: Infection remains a leading cause of failure of hip and knee replacements. Infection burden is the ratio of implants revised for infection to the total number of arthroplasties in a specific period, measuring the steady state of infection in a registry. We hypothesized infection burden w...

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Autores principales: Springer, Bryan D., Cahue, September, Etkin, Caryn D., Lewallen, David G., McGrory, Brian J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28695187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2017.05.003