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Algorithm to Diagnose Delayed and Late PJI: Role of Joint Aspiration.
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Algorithm to Diagnose Delayed and Late PJI: Role of Joint Aspiration.

  • Borens O Department of Septic Surgery, Orthopaedic-Trauma Unit, Department for the Musculoskeletal System, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland. Olivier.borens@chuv.ch.
  • Corona PS Reconstructive and Septic Surgery Unit, Orthopaedic Surgery Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Frommelt L Helios ENDO Klinik, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Lazarinis S Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Reed MR Northumbria HelathCare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields, UK.
  • Romano CL Centre for Reconstructive Surgery and Osteoarticular Infections and Scientific Project Coordinator, Orthopaedic Research at Institute Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
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  • 2016-10-21
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  • Advances in experimental medicine and biology. - 2017
Algorithm
Alpha-defensin
Diagnosties
Infection
Joint aspiration
Total Joint Arthroplasty (TJA)
Algorithms
Arthrocentesis
Humans
Joint Diseases
Orthopedic Procedures
Prosthesis-Related Infections
English Total Joint Arthroplasty (TJA) continues to gain acceptance as the standard of care for the treatment of severe degenerative joint disease, and is considered one of the most successful surgical interventions in the history of medicine. A devastating complication after TJA is infection. Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), represents one of the major causes of failure and remains a significant challenge facing orthopaedics today. PJI usually requires additional surgery including revision of the implants, fusion or amputations causing tremendous patient suffering but also a heavy health economics burden. PJI is at the origin of around 20-25 % of total knee arthroplasty (Bozic et al. 2010; de Gorter et al. 2015; Sundberg et al. 2015) and 12-15 % of total hip arthroplasty (Bozic et al. 2009; Garellick et al. 2014; de Gorter et al. 2015) failures.
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  • English
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