Seasonality of infection rates after total joint arthroplasty

Orthopedics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Kane, Patrick ^a   Chen, Christopher ^a   Post, Zachary ^a   Radcliff, Kris ^a   Orozco, Fabio ^a   Ong, Alvin ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84893876119     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20140124-23     Document Type: Article

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