Creating a dual articulating antibiotic spacer for management of an infected total femur prosthesis hemiarthroplasty
The gold standard for management of chronic periprosthetic joint infections is a 2-stage revision arthroplasty with the first stage being explantation, debridement, and placement of a spacer. While there are implants designed to manage periprosthetic infections in hip and knee arthroplasty, there ar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Arthroplasty Today |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235234411930086X |