Suture-related pseudoinfection after total hip arthroplasty
Absorbable sutures are widely used for wound closure after total hip replacement. Here we present two cases of suture-related foreign-body reaction that perfectly mimicked a periprosthetic joint infection, with sterile abscess formation and physical and laboratory signs of inflammation acutely prese...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4348502/ |