Reexamining BSA as a Preoperative Predictor of Risk of Prosthetic Joint Infection

BACKGROUND: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI), a dreaded complication of arthroplasty, has been found to correlate with increasing body mass index (BMI) and body surface area (BSA). Recent data suggest that BSA may be a better predictive tool for assessing infection risk. We further evaluated this as...

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Autores principales: Russell, Celeste, Nocon, Allina, Mayman, David, Westrich, Geoffrey, Miller, Andy, Brause, Barry, Henry, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631803/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.063

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631803/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.063

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