Early Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection of the Hip-Current Status, Advances, and Perspectives
Abstract Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) has devastating consequences on joint function and the morbidity and mortality rate of patients who are victims of this serious complication. Although early diagnosis is one of the consensuses with well-established importance, routineworkup is still cond...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162019000400368&lng=en&tlng=en |