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Infected or Septic THR Wheeless

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Description: classification of infections in hip arthroplasty:
- type I: early postoperative
- type II: late chronic
- standard of care: two-stage revision arthroplasty:
- removal of the prosthesis and cement and debridement;
- placement of an antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer and IV antibiotics;
- delayed second-stage revision arthroplasty;
- type III: acute hematogenous
- type IV: positive intraoperative cultures with clinically unapparent infection
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Language: English

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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
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