Prosthetic joint implantations improve patients' quality ... being assessed for periprosthetic knee infections. Although bone scintigraphy may be useful for screening purposes, combined leukocyte ...

Seven hip joints and 7 knee joints were affected. Only 4 patients had risk factors for prosthetic joint infection (diabetes mellitus in 2, cancer in 1, and myelodysplasia in 1). The average time ...

With a knee replacement, we remove all or part of the knee joint and replace it with prosthetic parts. Preservation treatments may be an alternative to knee replacement surgery for some patients. Our ...

The following is a summary of “Frequency of haematogenous periprosthetic joint infection due to bacteraemia caused by ...

However, late prosthetic joint infections (LPJI), caused by blood-borne bacteria ... 25% had hip prosthetic joints, 34% had knee prosthetic joints, 3% had other prosthetic joints and the remaining 38% ...