Clinical and pathological changes in the knee after accidental chlorhexidine irrigation during arthroscopy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 437-440

  Douw, C M ^a,b   Bulstra, S K ^a,b   Vandenbroucke, J ^a,b   Geesink, R G T ^a,b   Vermeulen, A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CHONDROLYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVITIS; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHLORHEXIDINE; EDEMA; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; JOINT DISEASES; JOINT LOOSE BODIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; NECROSIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0031774911     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B3.8519     Document Type: Article

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