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Acta Orthopaedica Volume 86, 2015 - Issue 3
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The incidence of late prosthetic joint infections

A registry-based study of 112,708 primary hip and knee replacements

Kaisa HuotariDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki Correspondence[email protected]
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Mikko PeltolaCentre for Health and Social Economics (CHESS), National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki Correspondence[email protected]
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Esa JämsenCoxa, Hospital for Joint Replacement and School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 321-325 | Received 11 Nov 2014, Accepted 10 Feb 2015, Published online: 27 Mar 2015

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Figure 1. The study population. a Included in the sensitivity analyses.

Figure 1. The study population. a Included in the sensitivity analyses.

Figure 2. Numbers of primary hip and knee replacements due to primary osteoarthritis in Finland by year of operation.

Figure 2. Numbers of primary hip and knee replacements due to primary osteoarthritis in Finland by year of operation.

Figure 3. The incidence of PJI following hip and knee replacement per surveillance year. The error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals.

Figure 3. The incidence of PJI following hip and knee replacement per surveillance year. The error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals.
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