Does the use of laminar flow and space suits reduce early deep infection after total hip and knee replacement? The ten-year results of the New Zealand joint registry

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-90

  Hooper, G J ^a   Rothwell, A G ^a   Frampton, C ^a,b   Wyatt, M C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LAMINAR FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGISTER; REOPERATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; NEW ZEALAND; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPACE SUITS;

EID: 78651251594     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B1.24862     Document Type: Article

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