Erschienen in:
02.02.2017 | CORR Insights
CORR Insights®: What is the Accuracy of Nuclear Imaging in the Assessment of Periprosthetic Knee Infection? A Meta-analysis
verfasst von:
Thomas Ilchmann, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 5/2017
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Excerpt
When planning revision surgery, it is important to consider the possibility of infection. Surgeons can make a diagnosis based on a combination of clinical findings, elevated inflammatory markers, and joint aspiration. Joint aspiration is the most important diagnostic tool for identifying an infection since it can establish the diagnosis of PJI, detect the causative bacteria, and determine the antibiotic susceptibility [
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