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Apparent improvement in the outcome of hip or knee-joint replacement operations over the period of a prospective study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

O. M. Lidwell
O. M. Lidwell
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, Cross Infection Laboratory, Colindale, London
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The apparent reduction in the incidence of subsequent joint sepsis and of re-operation without evidence of infection during the course of a prospective study was an artifact of the analysis method.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 97 , Issue 3 , December 1986 , pp. 501 - 502
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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Lidwell, O. M., Lowbury, E. J. L., Whyte, W., Blowers, R., Stanely, S. J. & Lowe, D. (1984). Infection and sepsis after operations for total hip or knee-joint replacement: influence of ultraclean air, prophylactic antibiotics and other factors. Journal of Hygiene 93, 505–529.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed