Open AccessThe yield of sonication fluid culture for presumed aseptic loosening of orthopedic devices: a meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Qingyu Zhang,
Yongming Xi,
Li Dong,
Zeg Yuan,
Jun Dong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm-20-1228
Subject(s) - medicine , aseptic processing , orthopedic surgery , meta analysis , yield (engineering) , asepsis , surgery , materials science , metallurgy
Sonication fluid culture is routinely conducted in patients with suspected orthopedic devicerelated infection (ORI). However, its value in the assessment of orthopedic devices that have explanted because of presumed aseptic loosening is still debatable. A meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the yield of sonication fluid culture in detecting the presence of microorganisms in orthopedic devices with presumed aseptic loosening, and to summarize the clinical characteristics and outcomes of these patients.
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