Pre-operative diagnosis of infection in total knee arthroplasty: An algorithm

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 667-675

  Savarino, Lucia ^a   Tigani, Domenico ^a   Baldini, Nicola ^a   Bochicchio, Valerio ^a   Giunti, Armando ^a,b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Arthroplasty; Infection; Knee; Pre operative diagnosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN (164 173); C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (164-173); FIBRINOGEN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 67349190313     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0759-3     Document Type: Article

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