Transfer of Patient Care During Two-Stage Exchange for Periprosthetic Joint Infection Leads to Inferior Outcomes

Abstract The two-stage exchange algorithm is the gold standard for managing chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI); this study evaluated the impact of having the stages performed at different institutions. Patients with a chronically infected total joint arthroplasty (hip or knee) with initial...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of arthroplasty 2014-07, Vol.29 (7), p.1426-1429
Hauptverfasser: Dietz, Matthew J., MD, Choi, Ho-Rim, MD, Freiberg, Andrew A., MD, Bedair, Hany, MD
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