Impact of time to surgery from injury on postoperative infection and deep vein thrombosis in periprosthetic knee fractures

Impact of time to surgery from injury on postoperative infection and deep vein thrombosis in periprosthetic knee fractures

Purpose: Periprosthetic fracture (PPF) is a serious complication that occurs in 0.3%–2.5% of all total knee arthroplasties used to treat end-stage arthritis. To our knowledge, there are no studies in the literature that evaluate the association between time to surgery after PPF and early postoperati...

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Main Authors: Sung Ro Lee, Kevin Shrestha, Jackson Staggers, Peng Li, Sameer M. Naranje, Ashish Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1008127518300282

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