Affiliations 

  • 1 1Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
  • 2 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Noceral), University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 3Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan
Surg Infect (Larchmt), 2015 Jun;16(3):323-32.
PMID: 26046246 DOI: 10.1089/sur.2014.049

Abstract

Numerous studies have described various complications after endoprosthetic reconstructive operations. However, there are limited reports that focus specifically on deep infections (e.g., deep incisional surgical site infections), which remain one of the most dreaded complications of these operations, with rates ranging from 10% to 17%. Thus, this study was undertaken to determine the deep infection rates and to analyze possible risk factors, clinico-pathologic characteristics, and treatment modalities of endoprosthetic infections.

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