Greater prevalence of wound complications requiring reoperation with direct anterior approach total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1839-1841

  Christensen, Christian P ^a   Karthikeyan, Tharun ^a   Jacobs, Cale A ^a  

^a LEXINGTON CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Reoperation; Surgical technique; Total hip arthroplasty; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIRECT ANTERIOR APPROACH TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTED HEMATOMA; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR APPROACH TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; PREVALENCE; PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND IRRIGATION; AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL DRAPE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL DRAPES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84928582372     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.04.036     Document Type: Article

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