Risk factors for prosthetic joint infections following total hip arthroplasty based on 33,337 hips in the Finnish Arthroplasty Register from 2014 to 2018

Risk factors for prosthetic joint infections following total hip arthroplasty based on 33,337 hips in the Finnish Arthroplasty Register from 2014 to 2018

Background and purpose — Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication and more information on risk factors for PJI is required to find measures to prevent infections. Therefore, we assessed risk factors for PJI after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) in a large patient cohor...

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Main Authors: Valtteri J Panula, Kasperi J Alakylä, Mikko S Venäläinen, Jaason J Haapakoski, Antti P Eskelinen, Mikko J Manninen, Jukka S Kettunen, Ari-Pekka Puhto, Anna I Vasara, Laura L Elo, Keijo T Mäkelä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Journals Sweden 2021-10-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2021.1944529

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2021.1944529

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