Knee skin temperature following uncomplicated total knee replacement

Knee

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 422-426

  Haidar, S G ^a   Charity, R M ^a   Bassi, R S ^a   Nicolai, P ^a   Singh, B K ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Increased; Infection; Knee skin; Temperature; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750580738     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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