Diagnosis of Chronic Infection at Total Hip Arthroplasty Revision Is a Question of Definition

Purpose. Contradicting definitions of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) are in use. Joint aspiration is performed before total hip arthroplasty (THA) revision. This study investigated the influence of PJI definition on PJI prevalence at THA revision. Test quality of prerevision aspiration was eva...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Philipp Boelch, Kilian Rüeckl, Laura Elisa Streck, Viktoria Szewczykowski, Manuel Weißenberger, Axel Jakuscheit, Maximilian Rudert
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/70f792227b6a4e7480882a1e5e1379fe
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