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DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPROSTHETIC INFECTION

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume, 2006
Periprosthetic infections are rare, but there is evidence to suggest that their frequency may be underestimated. No single laboratory test has perfect sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing infection. Most tests have better specificity when they are performed for patients in whom infection is suspected clinically rather than when they are used as ...
Thomas W, Bauer, Javad, Parvizi, Naomi, Kobayashi, Viktor, Krebs   +3 more
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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, Edward J.W. Shields, J. Michael Wiater   +2 more
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Periprosthetic joint infection

The Lancet, 2016
Periprosthetic joint infections are a devastating complication after arthroplasty and are associated with substantial patient morbidity. More than 25% of revisions are attributed to these infections, which are expected to increase. The increased prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other comorbidities are some of the reasons for this increase ...
Bhaveen H, Kapadia, Richard A, Berg, Jacqueline A, Daley, Jan, Fritz, Anil, Bhave, Michael A, Mont   +5 more
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Prevention of periprosthetic joint infection

Bone and Joint Journal, 2017
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection.
T Gehrke
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Periprosthetic Infections

Journal of Urology, 1987
A retrospective review of all patients undergoing implantation of a penile prosthesis or an artificial urinary sphincter was done. A total of 15 infections occurred in 556 prosthesis recipients, for an infection rate of 2.7 per cent. More than 50 per cent of the infections were caused by staphylococcal organisms.
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Periprosthetic Infection: What Are the Diagnostic Challenges?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2006
Periprosthetic 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, Elie, Ghanem, Sarah, Menashe, Robert L, Barrack, Thomas W, Bauer   +4 more
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Periprosthetic joint infection

The Bone & Joint Journal, 2015
The 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 Joint Infections

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a dreaded and devastating complication of total joint arthroplasty. The clinical presentation of PJI is dependent on multiple factors, but typically involves pain, swelling, warmth and erythema of the affected joint.
Angela L, Hewlett, Beau J, Kildow, Nicolás W, Cortés-Penfield   +2 more
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Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Infection

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2020
➤ There is no absolute test for the preoperative diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI); thus, clinical practice relies on a combination of supportive tests and criteria.➤ Novel serum and synovial tests have improved our ability to diagnose PJI. The 2018 evidence-based algorithm for PJI diagnosis provides weighted
Amy S. Wasterlain, Karan Goswami, S. Ali Ghasemi, Javad Parvizi   +3 more
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Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection

The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2014
Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), one of the major causes of failure of total joint arthroplasty, continues to pose a challenge. One of the major reasons is the lack of a ''gold standard'' to distinguish between septic and aseptic failure.
Benjamin, Zmistowski, Craig, Della Valle, Thomas W, Bauer, Konstantinos N, Malizos, Abbas, Alavi, Hani, Bedair, Robert E, Booth, Peter, Choong, Carl, Deirmengian, Garth D, Ehrlich, Anil, Gambir, Ronald, Huang, Yair, Kissin, Hideo, Kobayashi, Naomi, Kobayashi, Veit, Krenn, Lorenzo, Drago, Drago, Lorenzo, S B, Marston, Geert, Meermans, Javier, Perez, J J, Ploegmakers, Aaron, Rosenberg, C, Simpendorfer, Peter, Thomas, Stephan, Tohtz, Jorge A, Villafuerte, Peter, Wahl, Frank-Christiaan, Wagenaar, Eivind, Witzo   +29 more
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