Diagnostic utility of open biopsy in patients with two culture-negative aspirations in the diagnostic work-up of periprosthetic joint infection.
Ianiv KlaberFabian ScholzMustafa CitakAkos ZaharThorsten GehrkeCarl HaasperNael HawiChristian LausmannPublished in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (2021)
The OB is a valuable resource if preoperative synovial fluid cultures are negative, a high suspicion of infection persists and a one-stage procedure is preferred. It intends bacteria identification and allows surgeons to evaluate prosthetic complications for further surgical procedures.