Does intraarticular steroid infiltration increase the rate of infection in subsequent total knee replacements?

Knee

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 262-264

  Desai, Aravind ^a   Ramankutty, Sreekumar ^a   Board, Tim ^a   Raut, Videsh ^a  

^a WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infection; Intra articular steroid injection; Total knee replacement surgery

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CHLORHEXIDINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 67349277700     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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