Does early wound infection after elective orthopaedic surgery lead on to chronic sepsis?

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-44

  Benger, J R ^a,b   Kelly, A J ^a   Winson, I G ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infection; Orthopaedic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; TIME; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031890647     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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