Diagnosis of infection by frozen section during revision arthroplasty.

We assessed the efficacy of intraoperative frozen-section histology in detecting infection in failed arthroplasties in 106 hips and knees. We found inflammatory changes consistent with infection (an average of one or more neutrophil polymorphs or plasma cells per high-power field in several samples)...

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Main Authors: Athanasou, N, Pandey, R, de Steiger, R, Crook, D, Smith, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1995

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