Sonication of revised hip and knee prostheses detects occult infections, improves clinical outcomes and prevents re - revisions. A case series study

INTRODUCTION: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication occurring in 1–2% of primary and up to 10% of revised total hip and knee arthroplasties (THA and TKA) impairing patient's quality of life. Occult infections are underdiagnosed, sub-treated and sub-clinically experi...

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Autores principales: Hadjimichael, Argyris C., Foukas, Athanasios F., Kaspiris, Angelos, Vasileiou, Dimitris, Kamariotis, Spyros, Stylianakis, Antonios, Vasiliadis, Elias S., Savvidou, Olga D., Antonopoulos, Athanasios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35935264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2022.100232

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35935264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2022.100232

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