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322. Joint Spacer Retention, Antimicrobial Suppression, and Risk of Re-infection

BACKGROUND: Two-stage exchange is the standard treatment of periprosthetic joint infection in the United States. Occasionally, for selected patients, temporary antibiotic-loaded spacers are retained “permanently” instead of proceeding with prosthesis re-implantation. It is unclear whether the “retai...

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Autores principales: Valencia, Jose Carlo, Osmon, Douglas, Abdel, Matthew, Razonable, Raymund R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255013/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.333