Joint prosthetic infections: A success story

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 553-556

  Lidgren, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BONE CEMENT; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASEPSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTAMINATION; EDITORIAL; GRAFT INFECTION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035676415     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164701317268969     Document Type: Editorial

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