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27.04.2016 | CORR Insights
CORR Insights®: Does Preadmission Cutaneous Chlorhexidine Preparation Reduce Surgical Site Infections After Total Knee Arthroplasty?
verfasst von:
Charles M. Davis III, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 7/2016
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Excerpt
Periprosthetic infection remains one of the most severe and costly complications after total joint arthroplasty, and both the incidence and total number of patients with this problem are increasing [
3]. By 2020, there will be an estimated 65,000 prosthetic joint infections annually, with an estimated hospital cost of USD 1.6 billion [
3]. …