Contamination of the graft during ACL reconstruction: A report of 4 cases;Contamination accidentelle per-operatoire d'un greffon os-tendon-os pour reconstruction du ligament croise anterieur: A propos de 4 cas

Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Reparatrice de l'Appareil Moteur

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 740-743

  Casalonga, D ^b   Ait Si Selmi, T ^a   Robinson, A ^a   Neyret, Ph ^a  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Clinique du Coudon   (France)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Bone tendon graft; Complication; Contamination; Knee

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAMANDOLE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPORT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TENDONS; TIBIA;

EID: 0345201787     PISSN: 00351040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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