Predictive Factors of Surgical Site Infection in Prosthetic Joint Surgery: A Prospective Study on 760 Arthroplasties

• Main Authors: Martina Maritati (Author), Alessandro Trentini (Author), Davide Chemello (Author), Elisa Mazzoni (Author), Carlo Cervellati (Author), Gustavo Alberto Zanoli (Author), Carlo Contini (Author), Giuseppe De Rito (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose. The success of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) has led to consistent growth in the use of arthroplasty in progressively younger patients. However, more than 10 percent of patients require revision surgery due to implant failure caused by aseptic or septic inflammation. Among the latter, surg...