Consensus document on controversial issues in the diagnosis and treatment of prosthetic joint infections
Author(s) -
Sebastiano Leone,
Silvio Borrè,
Antonella d’Arminio Monforte,
Gennaro Mordente,
Nicola Petrosillo,
Alberto Signore,
Mario Venditti,
Pierluigi Viale,
Emanuele Nicastri,
F. Lauria,
Giampiero Carosi,
Mauro Moroni,
Giuseppe Ippolito
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.05.005
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , medline , grading (engineering) , multidisciplinary approach , prosthesis , clinical trial , evidence based medicine , surgery , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , engineering , social science , civil engineering , sociology , law
Joint replacement surgery has been on the increase in recent decades and prosthesis infection remains the most critical complication. Many aspects of the primary prevention and clinical management of such prosthesis infections still need to be clarified.
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