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Fitzgerald, R. H., Nolan, D. R., Ilstrup, D. M., Van Scoy, R. E., Washington, J. A., & Coventry, M. B. (1977). Deep wound sepsis following total hip arthroplasty. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 59(7), 847-55.
Fitzgerald, R H, et al. "Deep wound sepsis following total hip arthroplasty." The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume vol. 59,7 (1977): 847-55.
Fitzgerald RH, Nolan DR, Ilstrup DM, Van Scoy RE, Washington JA, Coventry MB. Deep wound sepsis following total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1977 Oct;59(7):847-55. PMID: 908714.
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J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1977 Oct;59(7):847-55.

Deep wound sepsis following total hip arthroplasty.

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume

R H Fitzgerald, D R Nolan, D M Ilstrup, R E Van Scoy, J A Washington, M B Coventry

PMID: 908714

Abstract

After follow-ups ranging from two to five years on all but four (five hips) of 2,694 patients who had 3,215 total hip arthroplasties, deep wound infection had been demonstrated in forty-two hips (1.3 per cent). The infections among the 3,210 hips appeared during the immediate postoperative period or as long as five years after surgery. All operations were performed in conventional operating rooms. Previous operations, prolonged operating time, positive culture at operation, and unrecognized preoperative sepsis were related to the development of deep infection. In only eight of the forty-one patients (forty-two hips) was salvage of the prosthetic arthroplasty possible. The deaths of tree patients were directly attributable to the infection or its treatment.

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