title: Apparent improvement in the outcome of hip or knee-joint replacement operations over the period of a prospective study.
abstract: The apparent reduction in the incidence of subsequent joint sepsis and of re-operation without evidence of infection during the course of a prospective study was an artifact of the analysis method.
mesh_terms: D006621:Hip Joint; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D007719:Knee Joint; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012086:Reoperation