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Implant Fixation and Risk of Prosthetic Joint Infection Following Primary Total Hip Replacement: Meta-Analysis of Observational Cohort and Randomised Intervention Studies

Prosthetic joint infection (PJI), although uncommon, is a dreaded and devastating complication of total hip replacement (THR). Whether implant-related factors, such as the fixation method, influences the risk of PJI following THR is contentious. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to...

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Autores principales: Kunutsor, Setor K., Beswick, Andrew D., Whitehouse, Michael R., Blom, Ashley W., Lenguerrand, Erik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31117318
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8050722