The Use of an Articulating Spacer in the Management of Infected Total Knee Arthroplasties

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 702-704

  Trezies, Allister ^a   Parish, Erin ^a   Dixon, Paul ^a   Cross, Mervyn ^a  

^a North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; articulating; functional; infection; knee; spacer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PALACOS; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTICULATING SPACER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746275160     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2005.05.033     Document Type: Article

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