Reinfection and complication rates in two-stage revision for chronic hip periprosthetic joint infections using the direct anterior approach

Simon, Sebastian; Mitterer, Jennyfer A.; Frank, Bernhard J. H.; Huber, Stephanie; Sebastian, Sujeesh; Gardete-Hartmann, Susana; Hofstaetter, Jochen G.

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Reinfection and complication rates in two-stage revision for chronic hip periprosthetic joint infections using the direct anterior approach

Sebastian Simon, Jennyfer A. Mitterer, Bernhard J. H. Frank, Stephanie Huber, Sujeesh Sebastian, Susana Gardete-Hartmann, and Jochen G. Hofstaetter

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