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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 63-B, Issue 1, 53-57
Copyright © 1981 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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Deep infection after total hip replacement

HJ Andrews, GP Arden, GM Hart, and JW Owen

Sixty-eight patients suffering deep infection from a consecutive series of 1746 total hip replacement operations are reviewed. The infection rate has been reduced considerably by improved technique and multiple antibiotic prophylaxis without the use of a special operation enclosure. Factors affecting deep infection are analysed and discussed.


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