The outcome of perioperative wound infection after total hip and knee arthroplasty.
Int Orthop
; 26(1): 40-3, 2002.
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| ID: mdl-11954848
Forty-one consecutive patients with primary knee arthroplasty and 37 with primary hip arthroplasty, all with perioperative wound infections, were followed for 50 (12-130) months. Staphylococci (coagulase negative and positive) accounted for 74% of wound infections. Mixed organisms accounted for 10%. Prosthetic infections developed in eight patients and aseptic loosening in three patients. All the prosthetic infections developed within 6 months of the primary surgery. Organisms responsible for superficial infections were responsible for prosthetic infection in five patients; no organisms were isolated in the remaining three patients. The presence or absence of wound dehiscence, wound haematoma, and postoperative pyrexia did not predict the development of deep sepsis; however, the presence of wound discharge was a significant risk factor.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infección de la Herida Quirúrgica
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Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Cadera
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Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Rodilla
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int Orthop
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Alemania