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Bacterial contamination of irrigation fluid and suture material during ACL reconstruction and meniscus surgery: Low infection rate despite increasing contamination over surgery time

PURPOSE: During knee arthroscopy, irrigation fluid from the surgical site accumulates in the sterile reservoir. Whether these fluid collections and also suture material used during the arthroscopic surgical processes show bacterial contamination over time during surgery remains unclear. The purpose...

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Autores principales: Bartek, Benjamin, Winkler, Tobias, Garbe, Anja, Schelberger, Tarek, Perka, Carsten, Jung, Tobias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33566145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-021-06481-3