Pro-implant foundation PJI treatment protocol in UHC Sestre Milosrdnice, Croatia, EU

Autor: Cengic, Tomislav, Curic, Stjepan, Blazevic, Dejan, Babic, Slaven, Sabalic, Srecko
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Popis: With the increase of total joint arthroplasties (TJA) being performed annually in Croatia, the number of prosthetic joint infections (PJI) necessitating revision surgery is increasing. PRO implant Foundation (PIF) protocol (Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany) suggests that sonication fluid from infected joints is more appropriate material for the diagnosis of periprosthetic infections than just periprosthetic tissue analysis. In painful joint prosthesis, with signs of premature loosening, a prosthetic infection must be ruled out by joint aspiration. One should preserve the implant only in the case of early postoperative infection (
Databáze: OpenAIRE