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Diagnostic cutoff values of synovial fluid biomarkers for acute postoperative prosthetic joint infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Orthopedic and Traumatology Department, Clínic Barcelona, Carrer Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Marc Ferrer
Orthopedic and Traumatology Department, Clínic Barcelona, Carrer Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Laura Morata
Department of Infectious Diseases, Clínic Barcelona, Carrer Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Alex Soriano
Department of Infectious Diseases, Clínic Barcelona, Carrer Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
IDIBAPS, CIBERINF CIBER in infectious Diseases, University of Barcelona, Spain
Juan Carlos Martínez-Pastor
Orthopedic and Traumatology Department, Clínic Barcelona, Carrer Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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When acute soft tissue defects are present after knee arthroplasty, the infection risk is high. A gastrocnemius flap is used for anterior defects, and it is not usually combined with debridement surgery unless infection is clear. We examined the benefit of combining coverage treatment with debridement surgery, DAIR, comparing the isolated traditional coverage treatment. The results suggested a higher healing rate in the combined treatment, so we recommended it.
Christen Ravn, Jeroen Neyt, Natividad Benito, Miguel Araújo Abreu, Yvonne Achermann, Svetlana Bozhkova, Liselotte Coorevits, Matteo Carlo Ferrari, Karianne Wiger Gammelsrud, Ulf-Joachim Gerlach, Efthymia Giannitsioti, Martin Gottliebsen, Nis Pedersen Jørgensen, Tomislav Madjarevic, Leonard Marais, Aditya Menon, Dirk Jan Moojen, Markus Pääkkönen, Marko Pokorn, Daniel Pérez-Prieto, Nora Renz, Jesús Saavedra-Lozano, Marta Sabater-Martos, Parham Sendi, Staffan Tevell, Charles Vogely, Alex Soriano, and the SANJO guideline group
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Management of septic arthritis in native joints (SANJO) is often conducted by clinicians of different specialties, experience levels, and at all hours of the day. The SANJO guideline group makes evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis, microbiological investigation, initial surgery, empirical antibiotic treatment, early mobilization, evaluation of outcomes, and treatment failure. Special considerations were made for children, tuberculosis, and SANJO after cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Laia Boadas-Gironès, Marta Sabater-Martos, Marc Ferrer-Banus, Àlex Soriano-Viladomiu, and Juan Carlos Martínez-Pastor
J. Bone Joint Infect., 9, 241–248, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-241-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-241-2024, 2024
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Seung-Jae Yoon, Paul C. Jutte, Alex Soriano, Ricardo Sousa, Wierd P. Zijlstra, and Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker
J. Bone Joint Infect., 9, 231–239, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-231-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-231-2024, 2024
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Efthymia Giannitsioti, Mauro José Salles, Andreas Mavrogenis, Dolors Rodriguez-Pardo, Ibai Los-Arcos, Alba Ribera, Javier Ariza, María Dolores del Toro, Sophie Nguyen, Eric Senneville, Eric Bonnet, Monica Chan, Maria Bruna Pasticci, Sabine Petersdorf, Natividad Benito, Nuala O' Connell, Antonio Blanco García, Gábor Skaliczki, Pierre Tattevin, Zeliha Kocak Tufan, Nikolaos Pantazis, Panayiotis D. Megaloikonomos, Panayiotis Papagelopoulos, Alejandro Soriano, Antonios Papadopoulos, and the ESGIAI collaborators study group
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Our multicentre study on a lower-limb osteosynthesis-associated infection (OAI) cohort by multidrug (MDR) and extensively drug (XDR) resistant Gram-negative bacteria found the following: implant retention with debridement was mostly performed in early OAI; 50.9 % of patients achieved remission of infection; remission reached 50 % (MDR) vs. 25 % (XDR) in early OAI and 60 % (MDR) vs. 44.4 % (XDR) in late OAI; age (> 60) and multiple surgeries were independent factors influencing lack of remission.
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Ernesto Muñoz-Mahamud, Jenaro Ángel Fernández-Valencia, Andreu Combalia, Laura Morata, and Álex Soriano
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This is a meta-analysis of six studies describing the cutoff values of white blood cell count and polymorphonuclear percentage in synovial fluid for the diagnosis of acute postoperative peri-prosthetic joint infection (PJI).
We found that both the WBC count and PMN percentage are good markers for diagnosis of acute postoperative PJI. However, the synovial WBC count is more powerful in diagnosing acute postoperative PJI.
We found that both the WBC count and PMN percentage are good markers for diagnosis of acute postoperative PJI. However, the synovial WBC count is more powerful in diagnosing acute postoperative PJI.
This is a meta-analysis of six studies describing the cutoff values of white blood cell count...