Comparative Analysis of Direct Hospital Care Costs between Aseptic and Two-Stage Septic Knee Revision.

The most common intermediate and long-term complications of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) include aseptic and septic failure of prosthetic joints. These complications cause suffering, and their management is expensive. In the future the number of revision TKA will increase, which involves a greater...

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Main Authors: Richard Kasch, Sebastian Merk, Grit Assmann, Andreas Lahm, Matthias Napp, Harry Merk, Steffen Flessa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5249079?pdf=render