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Negative pressure wound therapy reduces the incidence of postoperative wound dehiscence and surgical site infections after total knee arthroplasty in patients with obesity

Obesity is a risk factor for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Wound dehiscence and surgical site infections (SSIs) are the main complications of TKA in patients with obesity. They can profoundly affect patients because they often require readmission, additional surgical interventions, lengthy intraven...

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Autores principales: Song, Qi-Chun, Li, Dong, Zhao, Yan, Zhang, Guang-Yang, Shang, Dong-Long, Fan, Li-Hong, Dang, Xiao-Qian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35801735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000029641