Preoperatively elevated serum inflammatory markers increase the risk of periprosthetic joint infection following total knee arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis

Preoperatively elevated serum inflammatory markers increase the risk of periprosthetic joint infection following total knee arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis

Chi Xu,1 Heng Guo,1 Pengfei Qu,1 Jun Fu,1 Feng-Chih Kuo,2 Ji-Ying Chen1 1Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China; 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Background: The purpose of this s...

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Main Authors: Xu C, Guo H, Qu PF, Fu J, Kuo FC, Chen JY
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2018-09-01
Series:Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
Subjects:
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
C-reactive protein
periprosthetic joint infection
total knee arthroplasty
osteoarthritis
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