Patient and surgical factors affecting procedure duration and revision risk due to deep infection in primary total knee arthroplasty

Patient and surgical factors affecting procedure duration and revision risk due to deep infection in primary total knee arthroplasty

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to assess which patient and procedure factors affected both the risk of infection as well as procedure duration. Additionally, to assess if procedure duration affected the revision risk due to deep infection in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients and...

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Main Authors: Mona Badawy, Birgitte Espehaug, Anne Marie Fenstad, Kari Indrekvam, Håvard Dale, Leif I. Havelin, Ove Furnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Knee
Osteoarthritis
Arthroplasty
Procedure duration
Infection
Risk factors
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-017-1915-4

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