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The Influence of Obesity on the Infection Risk of Prosthetic Joint Infection in the Geriatric Orthopedic Population
BACKGROUND: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a dreaded complication of arthroplasty. PJI are more common in the elderly and are associated with a substantial increase in 5-year mortality risk. PJI risk may correlate with increasing body mass index (BMI). However, the effect of BMI on PJI risk in...
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| Publicado en: | Open Forum Infect Dis |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
| Formato: | Artigo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglês |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632037/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.076 |
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