Etiology of Above-knee Amputations in the United States: Is Periprosthetic Joint Infection an Emerging Cause?

Above-knee amputation (AKA) is a morbid procedure and is performed for a number of conditions. Although AKA is usually performed for dysvascular disease, trauma, and malignancy, AKA is also considered in patients who have failed multiple salvage attempts at treating periprosthetic joint infection (P...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2018-10, Vol.476 (10), p.1951-1960
Hauptverfasser:	George, Jaiben, Navale, Suparna M, Nageeb, Emmanuel M, Curtis, Gannon L, Klika, Alison K, Barsoum, Wael K, Mont, Michael A, Higuera, Carlos A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Amputation - trends Arthroplasty, Replacement - adverse effects Arthroplasty, Replacement - instrumentation Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology Cardiovascular Diseases - surgery Databases, Factual Female Humans Incidence Joint Prosthesis - adverse effects Male Middle Aged Neoplasms - epidemiology Neoplasms - surgery Prosthesis-Related Infections - diagnosis Prosthesis-Related Infections - epidemiology Prosthesis-Related Infections - microbiology Prosthesis-Related Infections - surgery Reoperation Risk Assessment Risk Factors Time Factors United States - epidemiology Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology Wounds and Injuries - surgery Young Adult
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