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Twenty-four months of bacterial colonialization and infection rates in patients with transcutaneous osseointegrated prosthetic systems after lower limb amputation—A prospective analysis

BACKGROUND: Transcutaneous osseointegrated prosthesis systems (TOPS) are alternative rehabilitation methods to socket prosthetics, after limb amputation. TOPS compromise a two-step surgery: starting with the implantation of the stem which is then followed by the creation of the transcutaneous stoma...

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Autores principales: Örgel, Marcus, Aschoff, Horst-Heinrich, Sedlacek, Ludwig, Graulich, Tilman, Krettek, Christian, Roth, Sabine, Ranker, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9659948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36386723
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1002211