Prevalence, microbiological features, and risk factors  for periprosthetic joint infections in oncologic  patients following tumor resection and   megaprosthetic reconstruction

Tsantes, Andreas G.; Papadopoulos, Dimitrios V.; Goumenos, Stavros; Petrou, Eleni; Trikoupis, Ioannis G.; Roustemis, Anastasios; Mpakosi, Alexandra; Ioannou, Petros; Koutserimpas, Christos; Gavriil, Panayiotis; Piovani, Daniele; Bonovas, Stefanos; Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J.; Tsakris, Athanasios; Tsantes, Argirios E.

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Prevalence, microbiological features, and risk factors for periprosthetic joint infections in oncologic patients following tumor resection and megaprosthetic reconstruction

Andreas G. Tsantes, Dimitrios V. Papadopoulos, Stavros Goumenos, Eleni Petrou, Ioannis G. Trikoupis, Anastasios Roustemis, Alexandra Mpakosi, Petros Ioannou, Christos Koutserimpas, Panayiotis Gavriil, Daniele Piovani, Stefanos Bonovas, Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos, Athanasios Tsakris, and Argirios E. Tsantes

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