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- Title
Patient-related risk factors for periprosthetic joint infection and postoperative mortality following total hip arthroplasty in Medicare patients.
- Authors
Bozic, Kevin J; Lau, Edmund; Kurtz, Steven; Ong, Kevin; Rubash, Harry; Vail, Thomas P; Berry, Daniel J
- Abstract
The patient-related risk factors for periprosthetic joint infection and postoperative mortality in elderly patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to identify the specific patient comorbidities that are associated with an increased risk of periprosthetic joint infection and of ninety-day postoperative mortality in U.S. Medicare patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty.
- Publication
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 2012, Vol 94, Issue 9, p794
- ISSN
1535-1386
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2106/JBJS.K.00072