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Periprosthetic joint infection
The Bone & Joint Journal, 2015The number of publications in the literature related to periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) has risen 100 fold during the last decade. This confirms the fact that this is a dreaded complication in the minds of the medical community.
J, Parvizi, F S, Haddad
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Periprosthetic Infection: What Are the Diagnostic Challenges?
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2006Periprosthetic infection remains one of the most challenging complications of total joint arthroplasty. Despite the substantial reduction in the prevalence of this complication over the last two decades, periprosthetic infection is the second most common complication of joint arthroplasty, after loosening1,2.
Javad, Parvizi +4 more
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Periprosthetic Joint Infection
2020Total joint arthroplasty (TJA), the implantation of an artificial joint replacement, has become a relatively commonly practiced operation in many parts of the world. The most common reasons for performing a TJA are to restore mobility and alleviate symptoms of osteoarthritis, and reconstruction after fracture.
Aron Keshishian +4 more
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Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen, 2011
Periprosthetic infections represent the most feared complications in orthopedic surgery. Frequently, the substantial challenges result more from a delayed diagnosis and an inadequate therapy than from the infection itself. The guiding symptom is pain.
C, Perka, N, Haas
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Periprosthetic infections represent the most feared complications in orthopedic surgery. Frequently, the substantial challenges result more from a delayed diagnosis and an inadequate therapy than from the infection itself. The guiding symptom is pain.
C, Perka, N, Haas
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Periprosthetic Candidal Infections Following Arthroplasty
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1989Candidal infection after prosthetic arthroplasty has been reported in six previous cases, to which four cases are now added. Candida albicans was the offending organism in four patients, Candida parapsilosis in three, Candida tropicalis in two, and Candida (Torulopsis) glabrata in one.
R O, Darouiche +4 more
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Imaging of periprosthetic infection.
Surgical technology international, 2013Leinster
Carty, Fiona +2 more
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Periprosthetic Joint Infection: Treatment Options
Orthopedics, 2010Periprosthetic joint infection has become the most common cause of failure following total knee arthroplasty. Over the past 4 decades, treatment of this disease has evolved with technological innovations and pathogen profiling. The appropriate treatment selection is dependent on patient immune system quality, timing of symptom onset, and pathogen type.
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Prevention of Periprosthetic Joint Infection
The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2015Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) has moved into the first place as the cause of failure following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Recent studies have shown that PJI results in higher mortality in patients than many cancers. The economic burden of treating PJI is likely to exceed $1 billion this year in the US.
Maryam, Rezapoor, Javad, Parvizi
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Periprosthetic Infections of the Shoulder
JBJS Reviews, 2018* Periprosthetic joint infection is a major complication after both anatomical and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.* Factors such as diabetes mellitus and high body mass index play a role in increasing the risk of infection after shoulder arthroplasty.* Infection after shoulder surgery is caused by a variety of organisms,
Siddartha Simha +2 more
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Culture-Negative Periprosthetic Joint Infection
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2014➤ Negative results on culture still pose a real challenge in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection.➤ There are numerous reasons for the inability to isolate the infecting organism from the affected joint, the most important of which is the administration of antibiotics prior to obtaining culture samples.➤ For patients suspected of having a ...
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