Skip to main content
Top
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 12/2016

01-12-2016 | CORR Insights

CORR Insights ®: Is Hepatitis C Infection Associated With a Higher Risk of Complications After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty?

Author: Winston J. Warme, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 12/2016

Login to get access

Excerpt

Medical advances including oral direct-acting antivirals, now the mainstay of treatment regimens, have enabled many patients with hepatitis C, who comprise approximately 3% of the world population, to live longer and not develop cirrhosis. …
Literature
1.
go back to reference Ahmed R, Bhattacharya S. Universal screening versus universal precautions in the context of preoperative screening for HIV, HBV, HCV in India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2013;31:219–225.CrossRefPubMed Ahmed R, Bhattacharya S. Universal screening versus universal precautions in the context of preoperative screening for HIV, HBV, HCV in India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2013;31:219–225.CrossRefPubMed
3.
go back to reference Winkelmann M, Sorrentino JN, Klein M, Macke C, Mommsen P, Brand S, Schröter C, Krettek C, Zeckey C. Is there a benefit for health care workers in testing HIV, HCV and HBV in routine before elective arthroplasty? Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2016;102:513–516.CrossRefPubMed Winkelmann M, Sorrentino JN, Klein M, Macke C, Mommsen P, Brand S, Schröter C, Krettek C, Zeckey C. Is there a benefit for health care workers in testing HIV, HCV and HBV in routine before elective arthroplasty? Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2016;102:513–516.CrossRefPubMed
4.
go back to reference Zampino R, Coppola N, Sagnelli C, Caprio GD, Sagnelli, E. Hepatitis C virus infection and prisoners: Epidemiology, outcome and treatment. World J Hepatol. 2015;7:2323–2330.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral Zampino R, Coppola N, Sagnelli C, Caprio GD, Sagnelli, E. Hepatitis C virus infection and prisoners: Epidemiology, outcome and treatment. World J Hepatol. 2015;7:2323–2330.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
Metadata
Title
CORR Insights ®: Is Hepatitis C Infection Associated With a Higher Risk of Complications After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty?
Author
Winston J. Warme, MD
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 12/2016
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-016-5043-5

Other articles of this Issue 12/2016

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 12/2016 Go to the issue