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A comparative study of intraoperative frozen section and alpha defensin lateral flow test in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection

Background and purpose — For decision-making (aseptic vs. septic), surgeons rely on intraoperatively available tests when a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) cannot be confirmed or excluded preoperatively. We compared and evaluated the intraoperative performances of the frozen section and the alp...

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Autores principales: Sigmund, Irene K, Holinka, Johannes, Lang, Susanna, Stenicka, Sandra, Staats, Kevin, Hobusch, Gerhard, Kubista, Bernd, Windhager, Reinhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30669912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2019.1567153