Hand-made articulating spacers in two-stage revision for infected total knee arthroplasty: Good outcome in 30 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 674-682

  Villanueva Martínez, Manuel ^a   Ríos Luna, Antonio ^b   Pereiro, Javier ^c   Fahandez Saddi, Homid ^d   Villamor, Ángel ^e  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Hospital Virgen del Mar   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^e Pharmacy Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 53449094563     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670810016704     Document Type: Article

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