Knee arthroplasty: The devil is in the detail: The value of preoperative knee aspiration: Don't ask, don't tell

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 862-864

  Barrack, Robert L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; INFECTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; SUCTION;

HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; SUCTION;

EID: 0031228721     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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