Diagnosis of infection in hip and knee revision surgery: Intraoperative frozen section analysis

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-37

  Francés Borrego, Alberto ^a,b   Martínez, Fernando Marco ^a   Cebrian Parra, Juan Luis ^a   Grañeda, David Serfaty ^a   Crespo, Rodrigo García ^a   López Durán Stern, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE SECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; YOUDEN INDEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; SPAIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846828850     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-005-0069-4     Document Type: Article

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