Wound infection in hip and knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 561-565

  Gaine, W J ^a,b   Ramamohan, N A ^a   Hussein, N A ^a   Hullin, M G ^a   McCreath, S W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Southern General Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034108620     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.82B4.10305     Document Type: Article

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