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Decreasing the Incidence of Surgical-Site Infections After Total Joint Arthroplasty
- Author:
- Jaydev B. Mistry, MD
- Abbas Naqvi, MD
- Morad Chughtai, MD
- Chukwuweike Gwam, MD
- Melbin Thomas, MD
- Carlos A. Higuera, MD
- Michael A. Mont, MD
- Ronald E. Delanois, MD
Surgical-site infection (SSI), a potentially devastating complication of lower extremity total joint arthroplasty (TJA), is estimated to occur in...
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The Role of Synovial Cytokines in the Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infections: Current Concepts
- Author:
- Jared M. Newman, MD
- Jaiben George, MBBS
- Alison K. Klika, MS
- Wael K. Barsoum, MD
- Carlos A. Higuera, MD
Periprosthetic joint infection is a serious and potentially devastating complication of total joint arthroplasty.
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Managing knee osteoarthritis before and after arthroplasty
- Author:
- James Rosneck, MD
- Carlos A. Higuera, MD
- Nabil Tadross, MD
- Viktor Krebs, MD
- Wael K. Barsoum, MD
Primary care physicians play a key role in the diagnosis and nonoperative management of knee osteoarthritis, including monitoring for problems in...