Increased short- and long-term mortality amongst patients with early periprosthetic knee joint infection

BACKGROUND: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a severe complication in terms of disability, morbidity, and cost. We performed a study to investigate whether early PJI (within 90 days of primary TKA) is associated with increased mortality. Secondary aims...

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Autores principales: Thompson, Olof, W-Dahl, Annette, Stefánsdóttir, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36474195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-06024-y

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