The Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty

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Provides state of the art information on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infection following total knee arthroplasty Written by authors from the leading institutions involved in treatment of prosthetic joint infection Draws on a wealth of surgical experience and an associated reliable evidence base

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E. Carlos Rodríguez-Merchán is a Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon who currently works at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Dr. Rodríguez-Merchán graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1974 from Complutense University, Madrid and subsequently gained his PhD in Medicine and Surgery. He is a former Associate Professor of Orthopedics at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Dr. Rodríguez-Merchán is the author of about 200 articles in peer-reviewed PubMed-cited journals and ten books. Sam Oussedik is an orthopaedic surgeon and consultant at the University College London Hospital since 2012, specialising in knee surgery. He chairs the multi-disciplinary group receiving referrals of infected total joint arthoplasty patients from across London and further afield. He is the speciality editor for knee surgery for the Bone & Joint Journal and the Director of Surgical Education for UCLH. Dr Oussedik has published more 30 peer reviewed articles and 2 books.

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