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[Beware of misdiagnosis and incorrect treatment of acute gout flare and postoperative infections after arthroscopic surgery for knee gouty arthritis].

Wen-Jing MaYan XiongJian Li
Published in: Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology (2024)
The symptoms of acute gout flare could be mistaken as postoperative infection due to their similarity, therefore requires careful differentiation. Differential diagnosis should be based on a combination of clinical signs, hematology and joint fluid findings, and targeted treatment should be given to avoid serious complications.
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