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Infection Management in Total Elbow Replacement: Do Effective Guidelines Exist?

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Total elbow joint replacement, a safe and effective procedure that restores function and enhances patients’ quality of life, is increasingly used to treat post-traumatic arthritis and chronic inflammatory joint disease [1]. After its development in the early 1970s [2], elbow arthroplasty has undergone continuous improvement in terms of implant design as well as surgical technique. Outstanding challenges include aseptic (mechanical) prosthesis loosening, joint instability, ulnar neuropathy, and periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) [3–10].

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Andrea, C., Guglielmo, D.L., Luigi, C. (2020). Infection Management in Total Elbow Replacement: Do Effective Guidelines Exist?. In: Castoldi, F., Giannicola, G., Rotini, R. (eds) Elbow Arthroplasty . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14455-5_12

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