Does Operative Time Affect Infection Rate in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 473, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-69

  Naranje, Sameer ^a   Lendway, Lisa ^b   Mehle, Susan ^b   Gioe, Terence J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^c Mental Health Patient Service Line   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEARNING CURVE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEARNING CURVE; MINNESOTA; OBESITY; OPERATIVE TIME; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925285524     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3628-4     Document Type: Article

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