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Active remote-site musculoskeletal infection as a risk factor for periprosthetic infection in a new joint implant: A case series

INTRODUCTION: Arthroplasty has always been associated with complications, such as the possibility of periprosthetic infection. The presence of an active infection at the site of the planned surgery is considered a contraindication for the new implant. However, it is unclear whether there is an assoc...

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Autores principales: Haddad, Bassem I., Alajlouni, Jihad, Hamdan, Mohammad, Hawa, Ala', Mahmoud, Elsiddig E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6639680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31360456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2019.07.013