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HIV and Orthopedic Surgery

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Visiting clinicians need to be aware of the special considerations for orthopedic surgical care in patients with HIV/AIDS and the appropriate measures to prevent and treat occupational exposures. HIV disease and antiretroviral therapy have associations with various musculoskeletal disease entities, and may affect surgical outcomes in some cases. These considerations may assume great importance in locations with high seroprevalence of HIV disease.

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  1. Department of Trauma & Orthopedics, Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust, Chester, UK

    William James Harrison

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  1. San Francisco General Hospital Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopedic Surgery Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    David A. Spiegel

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    Michelle Foltz

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Harrison, W.J. (2020). HIV and Orthopedic Surgery. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13290-3_15

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