Prosthetic joint infection—a devastating complication of hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Hemiarthroplasty is the most common treatment in elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fracture. Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a feared complication. The infection rate varies in the literature, and there are limited descriptive data available. We investigated th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Guren, Ellen, Figved, Wender, Frihagen, Frede, Watne, Leiv Otto, Westberg, Marianne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
Materias:
Hip
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28271919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1301009

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28271919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1301009

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