The value of pre-operative aspiration in the diagnosis of an infected prosthetic knee: A retrospective study and review of literature

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-447

  Van Den Bekerom, Michel P J ^a   Stuyck, José ^b,c  

^a GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Deep joint infection; diagnosis; Revision knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION;

EID: 33750142510     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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