Concomitant malnutrition and frailty are significant risk factors for poor outcome following two-stage revision for chronic periprosthetic joint infection
Abstract Background Two-stage revision remains the gold standard for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) treatment. Although previous studies have examined malnutrition and frailty independently, their cumulative effects are not clear. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the individual and combin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-023-04293-4 |