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Nonoperative Treatment of a Periprosthetic Gout Flare in the Setting of a Positive Alpha-Defensin Result
Gout is a rare cause of pain after total knee arthroplasty, and its presentation can be difficult to distinguish from a prosthetic joint infection. We describe a patient with left knee pain that had a history of gout and left total knee arthroplasty. Synovial fluid demonstrated monosodium urate crys...
Autores principales: | Phillips, David S., Workman, Kalain K., Kelly, Matthew |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8141601/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34041331 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2021.04.007 |
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