Diagnosis of periprosthetic infection following total hip arthroplasty – evaluation of the diagnostic values of pre- and intraoperative parameters and the associated strategy to preoperatively select patients with a high probability of joint infection

BACKGROUND: The correct diagnosis of a prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is crucial for adequate surgical treatment. The detection may be a challenge since presentation and preoperative tests are not always obvious and precise. This prospective study was performed to evaluate a variety of pre- and in...

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Autores principales: Müller, Michael, Morawietz, Lars, Hasart, Olaf, Strube, Patrick, Perka, Carsten, Tohtz, Stephan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2492844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18644107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-3-31

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2492844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18644107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-3-31

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