Prosthetic Joint Infection Trends at a Dedicated Orthopaedics Specialty Hospital

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:14.22em"/><col style="width:10.59em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Surgery time (minutes)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">General university hospital</td><td class="align_center">146.08</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Dedicated orthopaedics hospital</td><td class="align_center">131.31</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>In cases that developed an infection, there was a reduced surgery time for cases performed at the dedicated orthopaedics hospital compared to the general university hospital.</div>

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Table 3: Prosthetic Joint Infection Trends at a Dedicated Orthopaedics Specialty Hospital 