Treatment of an infected total hip replacement with the PROSTALAC system Part 1: Infection resolution

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-28

  Scharfenberger, Angela ^a   Clark, Marcia ^a   Lavoie, Guy ^b   O'Connor, Greg ^c   Massen, Edward ^c   Beaupre, Lauren A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Misericordia Community Hospital   (Canada)

^c ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d 1F152 WMC ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 33847025753     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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