Negative pressure wound therapy reduces the incidence of postoperative wound dehiscence and surgical site infections after total knee arthroplasty in patients with obesity
Obesity is a risk factor for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Wound dehiscence and surgical site infections (SSIs) are the main complications of TKA in patients with obesity. They can profoundly affect patients because they often require readmission, additional surgical interventions, lengthy intraven...
Main Authors: | Dang, X.-Q (Author), Fan, L.-H (Author), Li, D. (Author), Shang, D.-L (Author), Song, Q.-C (Author), Zhang, G.-Y (Author), Zhao, Y. (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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NLM (Medline)
2022
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Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
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