Contamination during removal of cement in revision hip arthroplasty. A cadaver study using ultrasound and high-speed cutters

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 436-439

  Nogler, M ^a   Lass Florl C ^a   Wimmer, C ^a   Mayr, E ^a   Bach, C ^a   Ogon, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD FLOW; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACTION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BONE CEMENTS; CADAVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0345700358     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B3.12451     Document Type: Article

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