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Intrawound vancomycin in primary hip and knee arthroplasty: a safe and cost-effective means to decrease early periprosthetic joint infection

BACKGROUND: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication after hip and knee arthroplasty. Intrawound vancomycin has been described extensively in the spine literature; however, information regarding use in arthroplasty is limited. We investigate the efficacy and safety of intra...

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Autores principales: Patel, Nick N., Guild, George N., Kumar, Arun R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30560180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2018.07.011