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Management of the Infected Total Knee Replacement by Two-Stage Reimplantation

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Infection following total knee arthroplasty can be a devastating complication resulting in a loss of knee motion and function and even in amputation. The incidence of knee infection following total knee arthroplasty has been reported to be from 2% in patients with osteoarthritis and 3% in patients with rheumatoid arthritis [1,2].

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  1. Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Alan H. Wilde

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    John T. Ruth

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650, Japan

    Kazushi Hirohata M.D. (Chairman of Orlhopedic Surgery), Kosaku Mizuno M.D.  & Tsukasa Matsubara M.D. (Chairman of Orlhopedic Surgery),  & 

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Wilde, A.H., Ruth, J.T. (1992). Management of the Infected Total Knee Replacement by Two-Stage Reimplantation. In: Hirohata, K., Mizuno, K., Matsubara, T. (eds) Trends in Research and Treatment of Joint Diseases. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68192-2_12

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