1. Incidence of Acute Postoperative Infections Requiring Reoperation After Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery.
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Yeranosian, Michael G., Arshi, Armin, Terrell, Rodney D., Wang, Jeffrey C., McAllister, David R., and Petrigliano, Frank A.
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SHOULDER surgery ,AGE distribution ,ARTHROSCOPY ,CHI-squared test ,COMPARATIVE studies ,DATABASES ,INSURANCE companies ,NOSOLOGY ,POISSON distribution ,POPULATION geography ,REGRESSION analysis ,SEX distribution ,SHOULDER injuries ,ROTATOR cuff injuries ,SURGICAL complications ,SURGICAL site infections ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
The article discusses a study which explored the incidence of acute infections after arthroscopic shoulder surgery and compared infection rates by age group, sex, geographic region, and specific procedures. The results showed that the overall infection rate for all arthroscopic shoulder procedures was 0.27 %. The study also found that the incidence was highest in elderly patients, in the South, and for rotator cuff repair, and lowest in young patients, in the Midwest, and for capsulorrhaphy.
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- 2014
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