Treatment of Prosthetic Joint Infection with Debridement, Antibiotics and Irrigation with Implant Retention - a Narrative Review

<p class="p p-first" id="__p3">Prosthetic joint infection usually requires combined medical and surgical therapy. While revision surgery is widely considered to be the gold standard surgical procedure, debridement, antibiotics and irrigation with implant retention is a very...

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Main Authors: R. Sousa, M. A. Abreu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
Online Access:https://jbji.copernicus.org/articles/3/108/2018/jbji-3-108-2018.pdf