Infection after total joint replacement of the hip and knee: research programme including the INFORM RCT

• Main Authors: Ashley W Blom (Author), Andrew D Beswick (Author), Amanda Burston (Author), Fran E Carroll (Author), Kirsty Garfield (Author), Rachael Gooberman-Hill (Author), Shaun Harris (Author), Setor K Kunutsor (Author), Athene Lane (Author), Erik Lenguerrand (Author), Alasdair MacGowan (Author), Charlotte Mallon (Author), Andrew J Moore (Author), Sian Noble (Author), Cecily K Palmer (Author), Ola Rolfson (Author), Simon Strange (Author), Michael R Whitehouse (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: People with severe osteoarthritis, other joint conditions or injury may have joint replacement to reduce pain and disability. In the UK in 2019, over 200,000 hip and knee replacements were performed. About 1 in 100 replacements becomes infected, and most people with infected replacements...