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Accelerated discharge following total knee replacement with local anaesthetic infusion
2015
International Journal of Surgery
Methods: Electronic records were retrospectively analysed for all patients undergoing joint aspiration for suspected septic arthritis between 2013 and 2014 (N ¼ 155). Patients with skeletal immaturity and prosthetic joints were excluded. Outcome measures included length of stay and final diagnoses. Results: Knee aspirations were most commonly performed (N ¼ 108). Of these 40% of patients were discharged before 48 hours (prior to culture/ crystal results being available). 2 patients had positive
doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.07.395
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