Open AccessA Single Positive Tissue Culture Increases the Risk of Rerevision of Clinically Aseptic THA: A National Register Study
Author(s) -
Nikolaj Milandt,
Per Hviid Gundtoft,
Søren Overgaard
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000609
Subject(s) - medicine , aseptic processing , danish , surgery , linguistics , philosophy
The diagnostic and prognostic value of unexpected positive intraoperative cultures remains unclear in diagnosing prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in THA revisions.