The Prevention of Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Pre-Operative Chlorhexidine Bathing

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a devastating complication. The aim of this study was to investigate whether preoperative bathing using chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) before THA can effectively reduce the postoperative PJI rate. A total of 933 primary THA pa...

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Autores principales: Su, Wen-Chi, Lai, Yu-Chin, Lee, Cheng-Hung, Shih, Cheng-Min, Chen, Chao-Ping, Hung, Li-Ling, Wang, Shun-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7865798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498636
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10030434

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7865798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498636
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10030434

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