Similar periprosthetic joint infection rates after and before a national infection control program: a study of 45,438 primary total knee arthroplasties

Background and purpose — Strenuous efforts to minimize postoperative infection rates have been made, including the Swedish nationwide initiative Prosthesis Related Infections Shall be Stopped (PRISS). This study calculated the incidence rate of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following primary...

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Main Authors: Olof Thompson, Annette W-Dahl, Viktor Lindgren, Max Gordon, Otto Robertsson, Anna Stefánsdóttir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-09-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2021.1977532