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Culture of Bone Biopsy Specimens Overestimates Rate of Residual Osteomyelitis After Toe or Forefoot Amputation
BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend both histological analysis and culture for definite diagnosis of osteomyelitis. It is not clear if histological and culture criteria can be used interchangeably in the clinical scenario of toe amputation. We therefore prospectively compared the results of intraoperat...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30180052 http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.17.01152 |