Poor performance of open incisional biopsy for the microbiological diagnosis of periprosthetic knee joint infection

Poor performance of open incisional biopsy for the microbiological diagnosis of periprosthetic knee joint infection

Abstract The accurate preoperative diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can be difficult despite the use of a combination of serum and synovial markers. In such inconclusive cases, incisional open biopsy might be considered. This study investigates the u...

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Main Authors: Jan Schwarze, Burkhard Moellenbeck, Georg Gosheger, Tom Schmidt-Braekling, Lukas Lampe, Sebastian Klingebiel, Thomas Ackmann, Christoph Theil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90475-1

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