The influence of steroid injections on the incidence of infection following total knee arthroplasty

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1268, 2008, Pages

  Horne, Geoffrey ^a   Devane, Peter ^a   Davidson, Andrew ^b   Adams, Kathryn ^a   Purdie, Gordon ^b  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; NEW ZEALAND; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 39549111478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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