Is Preoperative Identification of the Infecting Organism Essential Before Single-Stage Revision Hip Arthroplasty for Periprosthetic Infection?

It is commonly stated that identification of the infecting organism is a prerequisite to single-stage revision arthroplasty of the hip for deep infection. We have performed single-stage revision in a series of patients where the organism was not identified preoperatively. The aim of this study is to...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of arthroplasty 2021-02, Vol.36 (2), p.705-710
Hauptverfasser: Greenfield, Benjamin J., Wynn Jones, Henry, Siney, Paul D., Kay, Peter R., Purbach, Bodo, Board, Tim N.
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