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Treatment of Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty

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This case report concerns a 53-year-old female with infection of the left knee after total knee replacement (TKR) arthroplasty. She had a 15-year history of rheumatoid arthritis.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

    Kazuo Kawai

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, Kobe University School of Medicine, 5-1, Kusunoki-cho 7-chome, Kobe, 650, Japan

    Kazushi Hirohata MD (Professor and Chairman) & Masahiro Kurosaka MD (Lecturer) (Professor and Chairman) &  (Lecturer)

  2. Clinical Mechanics Group, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada

    T. Derek V. Cooke MA, MB, B Chir, FRCS(C) (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Kawai, K. (1989). Treatment of Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty. In: Hirohata, K., Kurosaka, M., Cooke, T.D.V. (eds) Joint Surgery Up to Date. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68096-3_13

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