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V A Sokolovskiĭ, N V Dmitrieva, E A Sushentzov

    Voprosy Onkologii
    |November 11, 2005
    PubMed
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    Intraprosthetic infections complicate 11% of bone and joint replacement surgeries, often occurring within 3 months. Surgical intervention effectively resolves most complications, unlike anti-infective treatment alone.

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