Re-infection rates and clinical outcomes following arthrodesis with intramedullary nail and external fixator for infected knee prosthesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Knee arthrodesis with intramedullary (IM) nail or external fixator (EF) is the most reliable therapeutic option to achieve definitive infection control in patients with septic failure of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The first aim of this study was to compare re-infection rates followin...

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Autores principales: Balato, Giovanni, Rizzo, Maria, Ascione, Tiziana, Smeraglia, Francesco, Mariconda, Massimo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6178263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30301462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2283-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6178263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30301462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2283-4

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