Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication after arthroplasty, which is associated with pain, prolonged hospital stay, multiple surgeries, functional incapacitation, and even mortality. Using scientific and efficient management protocol including modern diagnosis and treatment of...

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Autores principales: Li, Cheng, Renz, Nora, Trampuz, Andrej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Hip Society 2018
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30202747
http://dx.doi.org/10.5371/hp.2018.30.3.138
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description Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication after arthroplasty, which is associated with pain, prolonged hospital stay, multiple surgeries, functional incapacitation, and even mortality. Using scientific and efficient management protocol including modern diagnosis and treatment of PJI and eradication of infection is possible in a high percentage of affected patients. In this article, we review the current knowledge in epidemiology, classification, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of PJI.
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spelling pubmed-61235062018-09-10 Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection Li, Cheng Renz, Nora Trampuz, Andrej Hip Pelvis Review Article Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication after arthroplasty, which is associated with pain, prolonged hospital stay, multiple surgeries, functional incapacitation, and even mortality. Using scientific and efficient management protocol including modern diagnosis and treatment of PJI and eradication of infection is possible in a high percentage of affected patients. In this article, we review the current knowledge in epidemiology, classification, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of PJI. Korean Hip Society 2018-09 2018-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6123506/ /pubmed/30202747 http://dx.doi.org/10.5371/hp.2018.30.3.138 Text en Copyright © 2018 by Korean Hip Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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