A nonsurgical protocol for management of postarthroplasty wound drainage
Persistent wound drainage after total joint arthroplasty can potentiate periprosthetic joint infection. Although current recommendations are to treat persistent wound drainage with surgical debridement, we believe nonoperative treatment may be successful in selected patients. We performed a retrospe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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Series: | Arthroplasty Today |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344117300353 |