The role of intraoperative gram stain in revision total joint arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 500-504

  Della Valle, Craig J ^a   Scher, David M ^a   Kim, Yong H ^a   Oxley, Cubyson M ^a   Desai, Panna ^b   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a   Di Cesare, Paul E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gram stain; Infection; Revision; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0032801280     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(99)90108-0     Document Type: Article

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