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