Supports used for positioning of patients in hip arthroplasty: Is there an infection risk?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-132

  Ahmad, Riaz ^a   Tham, Ji ^a   Naqvi, Syed Ghufran Ali ^a   Butt, Umer ^b   Dixon, John ^a  

^a WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Contamination; Deep sepsis; Organisms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; RISK FACTOR;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BACTERIA; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952460933     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588411X12851639107755     Document Type: Article

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