Prosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis
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January 2010
The numbers of primary total hip and knee arthroplasties have been increasing over the past decade, with nearly 800,000 performed in the United States in 2006. It is estimated that over 3 million primary total knee and over 500,000 primary total hip arthroplasties will be performed annually in the United States by the year 2030.
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- Introduction
- Total Hip and Knee Replacement Procedures United States 1990-2006
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- Prosthetic Hip and Knee Infections United States 1990-2004
- Surgical Management of Prosthetic Hip or Knee Infection
- Common Causes Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Infection
- Unusual Causes of Prosthetic Joint Infection3
- Diagram
- Criteria for Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection
- Prosthetic Joint Infection Clinical Presentation
- C-Reactive Protein Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
- C-Reactive Protein Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
- Images
- 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Increased Activity Around the Bone-Prosthesis Interface
- Synovial Fluid Leukocyte/Differential Prosthetic Knee
- Studies of Intrasurgical Frozen-Section Histopathologic Findings of Acute Inflammation in Prosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis
- Prospective Vortexing/Sonication Clinical Study Hip or Knee Implants6
- Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm on Polycarbonate Coupons Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Periprosthetic Tissue and Sonicate Fluid Culture
- Prospective Vortexing/Sonication Clinical Study Hip or Knee Implants6
- Definition of Prosthetic Hip and Knee Infection
- Number of Microorganisms Detected by Sonicate Fluid Culture
- Results Prosthetic Hip or Knee Infection
- Effect of Preoperative Antimicrobial Therapy on Culture Sensitivity in Patients with Prosthetic Hip or Knee Infection
- Diagram
- Prospective Clinical Study Shoulder Implants
- Prospective Clinical Study Shoulder Implants
- Definition of Definite Prosthetic Shoulder Infection
- Prospective Clinical Study Shoulder Implants
- Shoulder Arthroplasty Infection
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Questions?
- Disclosure


