ASA physical status classification is not a good predictor of infection for total knee replacement and is influenced by the presence of comorbidities

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-364

  Peersman, Geert ^a,b,d   Laskin, Richard ^a,c   Davis, John ^a,c   Peterson, Margareth G E ^a,c   Richart, Tom ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d ZNA Stuivenberg ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

ASA score; Ssi risk stratification; TKA infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 48249149096     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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