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Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of 2 Management Strategies for Infected Total Hip Arth...

Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of 2 Management Strategies for Infected Total Hip Arth...

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Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of 2 Management Strategies for Infected Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Elderly

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Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of 2 Management Strategies for Infected Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Elderly

Publisher

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press

Journal title

Clinical infectious diseases, 2001-02, Vol.32 (3), p.419-430

Language

English

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Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press

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Contents

Optimal management of infected total hip arthroplasty poses a major challenge to clinicians. Exchange arthroplasty is usually advocated but has high rates of surgical morbidity and is expensive. Debridement with prosthesis retention is associated with less morbidity, but high rates of relapsed infection have been described. To estimate the effectiv...

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Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of 2 Management Strategies for Infected Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Elderly

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70614002

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70614002

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ISSN

1058-4838

E-ISSN

1537-6591

DOI

10.1086/318502

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