Preoperative PCR analysis of synovial fluid has limited value for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections of total knee arthroplasties.

Bernd Fink; Markus Steurer; Sigrid Hofäcker; Peter Schäfer; Dieter Sandow; Philipp Schuster; Damian Oremek

doi:10.1007/s00402-018-2924-y

Preoperative PCR analysis of synovial fluid has limited value for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections of total knee arthroplasties.

Bernd Fink
, Markus Steurer
, Sigrid Hofäcker
, Peter Schäfer
, Dieter Sandow
, Philipp Schuster
, Damian Oremek

Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	871-878
Journal	ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY
Volume	138
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-018-2924-y
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION
INTRAOPERATIVE FROZEN-SECTIONS
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
REVISION ARTHROPLASTY
BACTERIAL-INFECTION
HIP
ASPIRATION
FAILURE
TISSUE
REPLACEMENTS

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Fink, B., Steurer, M., Hofäcker, S., Schäfer, P., Sandow, D., Schuster, P., & Oremek, D. (2018). Preoperative PCR analysis of synovial fluid has limited value for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections of total knee arthroplasties. ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY , 138(6), 871-878. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-018-2924-y

Fink, Bernd ; Steurer, Markus ; Hofäcker, Sigrid et al. / Preoperative PCR analysis of synovial fluid has limited value for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections of total knee arthroplasties. In: ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY 2018 ; Vol. 138, No. 6. pp. 871-878.

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Preoperative PCR analysis of synovial fluid has limited value for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections of total knee arthroplasties. / Fink, Bernd; Steurer, Markus; Hofäcker, Sigrid et al.
In: ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY , Vol. 138, No. 6, 2018, p. 871-878.

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Fink B, Steurer M, Hofäcker S, Schäfer P, Sandow D, Schuster P et al. Preoperative PCR analysis of synovial fluid has limited value for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections of total knee arthroplasties. ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY . 2018;138(6):871-878. doi: 10.1007/s00402-018-2924-y