Prosthetic joint infection—a devastating complication of hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture
Background and purpose — Hemiarthroplasty is the most common treatment in elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fracture. Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a feared complication. The infection rate varies in the literature, and there are limited descriptive data available. We investigated t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Medical Journals Sweden
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Acta Orthopaedica |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1301009 |