Use of a Silver Nylon Dressing Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Decreases the Postoperative Infection Rate

INTRODUCTION: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a potentially catastrophic complication of total joint replacement. Our purpose was to determine whether the use of a silver dressing reduces the incidence of superficial and deep PJI following primary total hip replacement and total knee replacement...

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Autores principales: Tisosky, Ashley J., Iyoha-Bello, Otatade, Demosthenes, Nicholas, Quimbayo, Giovanni, Coreanu, Tara, Abdeen, Ayesha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30211361
http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-17-00034

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30211361
http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-17-00034

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