Risk factors for infection after knee arthroplasty a register-based analysis of 43,149 cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-47

  Jämsen, Esa ^a   Huhtala, Heini ^b   Puolakka, Timo ^a   Moilanen, Teemu ^a  

^a CoxaHospital for Joint Replacement ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

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EID: 58649121075     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.01686     Document Type: Article

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