Bacteriology swabs in primary total knee arthroplasty

• Main Authors: Haenle, Maximilian (Author), Podbielski, Andreas (Author), Ellenrieder, Martin (Author), Mundt, Andreas (Author), Krentz, Helga (Author), Mittelmeier, Wolfram (Author), Skripitz, Ralf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

[english] Objective: An early detection of possible periprosthetic infection may lead to an earlier and potentially less invasive treatment of infected total knee arthroplasty TKA). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate retrospectively our current, affordable clinical practice of intra-op...