Is There an Association Between Smoking Status and Prosthetic Joint Infection After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty?

Gonzalez, Amanda; Luime, Jolanda J; Uckay, Ilker; Hannouche, Didier; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Luebbeke-Wolff, Anne

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2018.02.069

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Is There an Association Between Smoking Status and Prosthetic Joint Infection After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty?

ContributorsGonzalez, Amanda; Luime, Jolanda J; Uckay, Ilker; Hannouche, Didier

; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Luebbeke-Wolff, Anne

Published inJournal of Arthroplasty

Publication date2018

Abstract

Recent reports highlighted the association between smoking and higher risk of postsurgical infections. The aim was to compare the incidence of prosthetic joint infection after primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA) according to smoking status.

Keywords

Never smokers
Primary total hip arthroplasty
Primary total knee arthroplasty
Prosthetic joint infection
Smoking

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Mécanismes physiopathologiques de l'arthrose (960)

Citation (ISO format)

GONZALEZ, Amanda et al. Is There an Association Between Smoking Status and Prosthetic Joint Infection After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty? In: Journal of Arthroplasty, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2018.02.069

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PID : unige:103843
DOI : 10.1016/j.arth.2018.02.069
PMID : 29573917

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://www.arthroplastyjournal.org/article/S0883-5403(18)30217-1/fulltext

Journal ISSN0883-5403

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Is There an Association Between Smoking Status and Prosthetic Joint Infection After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty?

Recent reports highlighted the association between smoking and higher risk of postsurgical infections. The aim was to compare the incidence of prosthetic joint infection after primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA) according to smoking status.

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