Infection after total knee arthroplasty: Evaluation and treatment

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-51

  Tetsworth, Kevin ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTHRODESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMPLANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE AMPUTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LAVAGE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0037302633     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200302000-00011     Document Type: Review

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