Incidence of Prosthetic Joint Infections After Primary Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-92

  Jämsen, Esa ^a,b   Varonen, Markku ^a   Huhtala, Heini ^c   Lehto, Matti U K ^d   Lumio, Jukka ^a   Konttinen, Yrjö T ^b,e   Moilanen, Teemu ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Hospital for Joint Replacement   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

knee arthroplasty; postoperative infection; risk factors; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73149119375     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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