Orthopaedic Implant Infections: Current Management Strategies

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 687-690

  Allen, D M ^a  

^a ID Asociates   (United States)

Author keywords

Extirpation; Glycocalyx; Instrumentation; Polymethylmethacrylate cement; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031218577     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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