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General anesthesia might be associated with early periprosthetic joint infection: an observational study of 3,909 arthroplasties

Ruben ScholtenRijnstate Ziekenhuis, Department of Orthopedics, Arnhem;
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Borg LeijtensRijnstate Ziekenhuis, Department of Orthopedics, Arnhem;
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Gerjon HanninkRadboud University Medical Center, Department of Operating Rooms, Nijmegen;
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Ed T KamphuisRijnstate Ziekenhuis, Department of Anesthesiology, Arnhem, the Netherlands
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Matthijs P SomfordRijnstate Ziekenhuis, Department of Orthopedics, Arnhem;
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Job L C van SusanteRijnstate Ziekenhuis, Department of Orthopedics, Arnhem; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 554-558 | Published online: 24 Jul 2019

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