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Dugdale EM, Uvodich ME, Osmon DR, Pagnano MW, Berry DJ, Abdel MP J Arthroplasty. 2021 Nov 10:S0883-5403(21)00842-1.doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2021.11.007 Summary by Mohammad S Abdelaal MD, MSc Assessing a patient for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) can be challenging in the early postoperative period as it can be difficult to distinguish abnormally elevated laboratory values from those expected…

Tiago Amorim-Barbosa, Ricardo Sousa, Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto and António Oliveira Int J Spine Surg. 2021;8130doi: 10.14444/8130 Summary by Khoa Tran, BA Surgical site infection (SSI) is a major concern in spine surgery, resulting in increased rates of morbidity, mortality, and health care costs and requiring surgical debridement, long-term antibiotics, and hardware removal [1]. The reported prevalence…

Steven M. Kurtz PhD, Genymphas B.Higgs PhD, EdmundLau MS, Richard R.Iorio MD, P. MaxwellCourtney MD, JavadParvizi MD The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2021, ISSN 0883-5403doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2021.10.018 Summary by Emanuele Chisari MD The standard of care for chronic PJI in the United States is two-stage revision surgery. Following the first stage, also named resection, the patient should…

Emanuele Chisari, MD, Darren D’Mello, BA, Matthew B. Sherman, BS, and Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2021;00:1-6DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.20.01585 Summary by Colin M. Baker, BS Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a rare but devastating complication following total hip and knee arthroplasties [1]. Historically, three primary etiological processes have been deemed responsible for…

Jubel J.M., Randau T. M., Becker-Gotot J., Scheidt S., Wimmer M. D., Kohlhof H., Burger C., Wirtz D. C., Schildberg F. A. Front Immunol. 2021 Aug 6; 12: 687065. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.687065 Summary by Diana Fernández-Rodríguez, MD Aseptic loosening, peri-implant fractures, and prosthetic joint infection (PJI) are the most frequently described complications after arthroplasty.1–3 Macrophage-mediated osteolysis…