Intraoperative chlorhexidine irrigation to prevent infection in total hip and knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Surgical site irrigation during total hip (THA) and total knee (TKA) arthroplasty is a routine practice among orthopaedic surgeons to prevent periprosthetic joint infection. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) irrigation on infection rate...

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Autores principales: Frisch, Nicholas B., Kadri, Omar M., Tenbrunsel, Troy, Abdul-Hak, Abraham, Qatu, Mossub, Davis, Jason J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5712016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29204500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2017.03.005

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5712016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29204500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2017.03.005

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