[Economic Analysis of the Costs of Hospital Stay of Patients with Infection as a Complication of Total Replacements - Part 2: Total Hip Arthroplasty].

CONCLUSIONS Due to the very high costs of treatment for periprosthetic joint infections after total hip arthroplasty, it is necessary to exert maximum efforts to prevent periprosthetic joint infections and to consider a change in the method of financing, particularly in centres to which patients are referred from other centres in order to make this treatment economically viable. Key words:total hip arthroplasty, PJI - periprosthetic joint infection, economic analysis. PMID: 31524584 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Acta Orthopaedica - September 18, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Musil D, Šnorek M, Gallo J, Jahoda D, Stehlík J Tags: Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech Source Type: research