Incidence of deep sepsis in uncemented total hip arthroplasty using clean air facility as a function of antibiotic prophylaxis

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-179

  Hauser, R ^a   Berchtold, W ^b   Schreiber, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

antibiotic prophylaxis; hip prosthesis; infection, prosthesis related; survival rate

Indexed keywords

CEFAMANDOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; CEFAMANDOLE; CEPHALOSPORINS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030040697     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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