Silver-coated endoprosthetic replacement of the proximal humerus in case of tumour—is there an increased risk of periprosthetic infection by using a trevira tube?

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• 作者：Jan Schmolders ; Sebastian Koob ; Paul Schepers ; Michael Kehrer…
• 关键词：Defect reconstruction ; Infection ; Limb salvage ; Megaprosthesis ; MUTARS ; Trevira tube
• 刊名：International Orthopaedics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：41
• 期：2
• 页码：423-428
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Orthopedics;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1432-5195
• 卷排序：41

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Background and objectivesThe aim of our study was to evaluate if there is an increased risk of periprosthetic infection (PJI) in patients following replacement of the proximal humerus by using a modular tumour prosthesis in combination with a trevira tube.