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Insufficient sensitivity of joint aspiration during the two-stage exchange of the hip with spacers

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of infection persistence during the two-stage exchange of the hip is challenging. Joint aspiration before reconstruction is supposed to rule out infection persistence. Sensitivity and specificity of synovial fluid culture and synovial leucocyte count for detecting infection pe...

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Autores principales: Boelch, Sebastian Philipp, Weissenberger, Manuel, Spohn, Frederik, Rudert, Maximilian, Luedemann, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5763577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-017-0703-z