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Redfern RE, Cameron-Ruetz C, O’Drobinak SK, Chen JT, Beer KJ The Journal of Arthroplasty 32 (2017): 3333-3339DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.06.019. Summary by: Joseph Brutico, BS While the incidence of periprosthetic joint infection remains low after total joint arthroplasty, it is the third leading cause of prosthesis failure [1]. Revision arthroplasty imparts a significant economic burden on insurance,…

Roecker Z, Quinlan ND, Browne, JA, Werner BC The Journal of Arthroplasty 35 (2020): 1090-1094DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2019.11.017 Summary by: Samuel Clarkson, MD Intraarticular corticosteroid injections are commonly used in the nonoperative and preoperative management of knee osteoarthritis. Although less common, corticosteroid injections are also occasionally used in the postoperative period following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Despite…

Wouthuyzen-Bakker M, Löwik CAM, Ploegmakers JJW, Knobben BAS, Dijkstra B, de Vries AJ, Mithoe G, Kampinga G, Zijlstra WP, Jutte PC; Northern Infection Network Joint Arthroplasty (NINJA) J Arthroplasty. 2020 Aug;35(8):2204-2209.doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.02.043. Epub 2020 Feb 26. PMID: 32192835. Summary by: Graham Goh The first-line treatment for acute periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is surgical debridement, antibiotics, and…

Peng-Fei Qu, MD, Rui Li, MD, Chi Xu, MD, Wei Chai, MD, Hao Li, MD, Jun Fu, MD, and Ji-Ying Chen, MD The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Volume 102, Issue 17, pe 99, September 2, 2020DOI: 10.2106/ JBJS.20.00057 Summary: Ilan Small, BS Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) relies upon blood inflammatory markers,…

Bang-lin Xie, Run-sheng Guo, Xiao-wei Yang, Lijun Wan, Wen-ye Yao, Qi Lai, Niya Hu, and Bin Zhang Surgical Infections, Volume 21, Issue 5, 2020.DOI: 10.1089/sur.2019.276 Summary by: Serge Tzeuton, BS A common complication of orthopedic surgery is infection of the surgical incision site. Surgical site infections can develop from a single organism or arise from…