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Preoperative Malnutrition and Metabolic Markers May Predict Periprosthetic Fractures in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Arthroplasty Today, 2023
Background: Periprosthetic fractures are a devastating complication of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and are associated with significantly higher mortality rates in the postoperative period.
Brandon E. Lung, MD, Megan Donnelly, BS, Kylie Callan, BS, Maddison McLellan, BA, Arya Amirhekmat, MD, William C. McMaster, MD, David H. So, MD, Steven Yang, MD   +7 more
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Culture of periprosthetic tissue in blood culture bottles for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection [PDF]

, 2019
Background: The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of periprosthetic tissue culture in blood culture bottles (BCB) for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI).
Li, Cheng, Ojeda-Thies, Cristina, Trampuz, Andrej   +2 more
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Combinational Periprosthetic Hip Joint Infection and Fracture: A Two-Stage Revision with Long Femoral Stem Spacers [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
Introduction: Periprosthetic joint infection combined with periprosthetic fracture rarely occurs simultaneously. Once all components of the periprosthetic joint infection were removed, antibiotic spacers were placed.
Duong TV, Duong TB, Tu DT, Quyen NQT, Tan H, Hung TNK   +5 more
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Characterization of periprosthetic environment microbiome in patients after total joint arthroplasty and its potential correlation with inflammation

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Aims Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most serious complications after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) but the characterization of the periprosthetic environment microbiome after TJA remains unknown.
Hao Li, Jun Fu, Niu Erlong, Rui LI, Chi Xu, Libo Hao, Jiying Chen, Wei Chai   +7 more
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Simultaneous combined retroperitoneal and posterior hip approach for the treatment of iliopsoas abscess with extension to a metal-on-metal prosthetic hip joint

Arthroplasty Today, 2019
Iliopsoas abscess is an uncommon entity that has only rarely been associated with periprosthetic hip infection; to our knowledge, these are the first reported cases in patients with metal-on-metal (MoM) hip arthroplasty.
Andrea H. Stone, MSN, CRNP, Paul J. King, MD   +1 more
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Excellent diagnostic characteristics for ultrafast gene profiling of DEFA1-IL1B-LTF in detection of prosthetic joint infections [PDF]

, 2017
The timely and exact diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is crucial for surgical decision-making. Intraoperatively, delivery of the result within an hour is required.
Demuth HB, Gallo J, Garvin KL, Kohavi R, Macskassy SA, Mirra JM, Schmalzried TP, Tománková T, Trampuz A   +8 more
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Cefazolin Prophylaxis for Total Joint Arthroplasty: Obese Patients Are Frequently Underdosed and at Increased Risk of Periprosthetic Joint Infection [PDF]

, 2018
Background One of the most effective prophylactic strategies against periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is administration of perioperative antibiotics. Many orthopedic surgeons are unaware of the weight-based dosing protocol for cefazolin.
Greenky, Max R., Kheir, Michael M., Parvisi, Javad, Rondon, Alexander J., Shohat, Noam, Tan, Timothy L.   +5 more
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Development of a periprosthetic joint infection by Abiotrophia defectiva years after total knee arthroplasty

Arthroplasty Today, 2019
A 74-year-old male presented with acute right knee pain and inability to ambulate. The patient had a total knee arthroplasty, previously complicated by a periprosthetic femur fracture requiring surgical fixation and subsequent methicillin-resistant ...
Trevor R. Tooley, BS, Matthew P. Siljander, MD, Michael Hubers, MD   +2 more
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Stable fixation of an osseointegated implant system for above-the-knee amputees: titel RSA and radiographic evaluation of migration and bone remodeling in 55 cases. [PDF]

, 2012
Background and purposeRehabilitation of patients with transfemoral amputations is particularly difficult due to problems in using standard socket prostheses.
Antonellis, Anne, Bragdon, Charles, Brånemark, Rickard, Kärrholm, Johan, Malchau, Henrik, Nebergall, Audrey   +5 more
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Hydrogen Peroxide Wound Irrigation in Orthopaedic Surgery. [PDF]

, 2017
As the burden of deep hardware infections continues to rise in orthopaedics, there is increasing interest in strategies for more effective debridement of colonized tissues and biofilm.
Hansen, Erik Nathan, Lu, Min
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