Synovial pH, lactate, and glucose as adjunct biomarkers to exclude periprosthetic joint infection in hip  and knee arthroplasty: a prospective study

Müller, Dirk; Aulenbacher, Joshua; Heine, Niels; Schloßmacher, Benjamin; Lallinger, Vincent; Matziolis, Georg; von Eisenhart-Rothe, Rüdiger; Lazic, Igor

doi:10.5194/jbji-10-293-2025

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Synovial pH, lactate, and glucose as adjunct biomarkers to exclude periprosthetic joint infection in hip and knee arthroplasty: a prospective study

Dirk Müller, Joshua Aulenbacher, Niels Heine, Benjamin Schloßmacher, Vincent Lallinger, Georg Matziolis, Rüdiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, and Igor Lazic

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