Abstract | BACKGROUND: RELATED RISK FACTORS: The patient-related factors include sex, age, body mass index (BMI), obesity, nutritional status, comorbidities, primary diagnosis, living habits, and scores of the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification system, etc. Surgery-related factors involve preoperative skin preparation, prolonged duration of surgery, one-stage bilateral joint replacement surgery, blood loss, glove changes, anti-microbial prophylaxis, topical anti-bacterial preparations, wound management, postoperative hematoma, etc. Those risk factors are detailed in the review. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Tao Li, Haining Zhang, Ping Keung Chan, Wing Chiu Fung, Henry Fu, Kwong Yuen Chiu |
Journal | Arthroplasty (London, England)
(Arthroplasty)
Vol. 4
Issue 1
Pg. 11
(May 01 2022)
ISSN: 2524-7948 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 35490250
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Copyright | © 2022. The Author(s). |