Concurrent Hardware Removal is Associated With Increased Odds of Infection Following Conversion Total Knee Arthroplasty

The optimal timing of removal of periarticular implants prior to conversion total knee arthroplasty (TKA) remains to be determined. The purpose of this study was to compare infection rates in conversion TKA when hardware removal was performed in either a staged or concurrent manner. We performed a r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of arthroplasty 2023-04, Vol.38 (4), p.680-684.e1
Hauptverfasser:	Baker, Hayden P., Seidel, Henry, Vatti, Lohith, Weaver, Douglas, Wallace, Sara S., Scott, Bryan L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee conversion total knee arthroplasty Humans infection removal of hardware Reoperation Retrospective Studies revision total knee arthroplasty timing
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