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It is now 15 years since the author started to explore the effects of extreme aseptic precautions in the operating room in relation to post-operative infection after total hip replacement. We are still however a long way from agreement even on the most basic of all questions: whether post-operative infection is acquired in the operating room or not.
This chapter incorporates material presented by the author in the Lister Oration of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, May 1976.
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Charnley, J. (1979). Clean Air Operating — Theory. In: Low Friction Arthroplasty of the Hip. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67013-8_14
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