Risk Factors Associated with Surgical Site Infections Following Hip Arthroplasty Among Patients Served by a Large Safety Net Hospital System.
BACKGROUND Surgical site infections (SSIs), including prosthetic joint infections (PJI), are one of the many complications that can occur after total hip arthroplasty. In this report we examined risk factors associated with SSI following hip arthroplasties among patients in a 10-hospital safety network in New York City...