Nutritional status as a predictive marker for surgical site infection in total joint arthroplasty

Nutritional status as a predictive marker for surgical site infection in total joint arthroplasty

Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) is considered one of the most serious complications in total joint arthroplasty (TJA). This study seeks to analyze the predictive value of preoperative and postoperative nutritional biomarkers for SSI in elective TJA. Methodology: Nutritional markers were ga...

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Main Authors: Randa Alfargieny, Zuhir Bodalal, Riyad Bendardaf, Mustafa El-Fadli, Salem Langhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-10-01
Series:Avicenna Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
libya
nutrition
serum albumin
surgical site infection
total joint arthroplasty
total lymphocyte count
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.165122

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