A retrospective cohort study comparing clinical outcomes and healthcare resource utilisation in patients undergoing surgery for osteomyelitis in England: a case for reorganising orthopaedic infection services

Ferguson, Jamie; Alexander, Myriam; Bruce, Stuart; O'Connell, Matthew; Beecroft, Sue; McNally, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-151-2021

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A retrospective cohort study comparing clinical outcomes and healthcare resource utilisation in patients undergoing surgery for osteomyelitis in England: a case for reorganising orthopaedic infection services

Jamie Ferguson, Myriam Alexander, Stuart Bruce, Matthew O'Connell, Sue Beecroft, and Martin McNally

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