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Hip and knee

Bacterial contamination of the wound during primary total hip and knee replacement

Median 13 years of follow-up of 90 replacements

Eythor Örn JonssonDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland.Correspondence[email protected]
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Hera JohannesdottirFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Iceland.
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Otto RobertssonDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland.
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Brynjolfur MogensenFaculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Iceland.;Department of Emergency Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Pages 159-164 | Received 26 Jun 2013, Accepted 07 Jan 2014, Published online: 20 Mar 2014

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