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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Tobacco Use as a Risk Factor for Prosthetic Joint Infection After Total Hip Replacement

BACKGROUND: A prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the possible complications after total hip arthroplasty (THA). Several studies, but not all, have reported smoking as a risk factor of PJIs in orthopaedic surgery. This study summarizes the most recent evidence using a systematic review of whe...

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Autores principales: Bojan, Bsmah, Perni, Stefano, Prokopovich, Polina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7772455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33385034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2020.07.011