Discrepancies between frozen and paraffin tissue sections have little effect on outcome of staged total knee arthroplasty revision for infection

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1662-1667

  Stroh, D Alex ^a   Johnson, Aaron J ^a   Naziri, Qais ^a   Mont, Michael A ^a  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PARAFFIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REIMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; TISSUE SECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84867527161     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01600     Document Type: Article

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