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Wound Dressings for Hip and Knee Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Narrative Review.

Christopher A RothfuszAhmed K EmaraJohn P McLaughlinRobert M MolloyViktor E KrebsNicolas Santiago Piuzzi
Published in: JBJS reviews (2021)
Active dressings, such as silver-ion dressings and closed-incisional negative-pressure wound therapy, have shown promising results to reduce surgical site and periprosthetic joint infection, especially in patients at a high risk for poor wound healing following hip and knee total joint arthroplasty.
Keyphrases
  • wound healing
  • surgical site infection
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