Does Preadmission Cutaneous Chlorhexidine Preparation Reduce Surgical Site Infections After Total Hip Arthroplasty?

Background Periprosthetic hip infections are among the most catastrophic complications after total hip arthroplasty (THA). We had previously proven that the use of chlorhexidine cloths before surgery may help decrease these infections; hence, we increased the size of the previously reported cohort....

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2016-07, Vol.474 (7), p.1583-1588
Hauptverfasser: Kapadia, Bhaveen H., Jauregui, Julio J., Murray, Daniel P., Mont, Michael A.
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