The incidence and risk factors of intraoperative bacterial contamination in primary total knee arthroplasty
The bacterial contamination rate during primary TKA is relatively high, despite the practice of standard preventive measures. Intraoperative bacterial contamination increases with long operating time, which may be one of the factors contributing to fever and leukocytosis after surgery.
Authors
- Yuling Kang
- E. Li
- Juhong Li
- Fengyue Liu
- Kelvin Guoping Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-870X)
- Lijun Xing
Institutions
- Peking University (CN)
- Chinese PLA General Hospital (CN)
- Peking University International Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Surgery
- Published
- 2024-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2024.1458403
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Peking University