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Tag: periprosthetic joint infection (PJI)

Periprostheic joint infection after knee replacement
March 10, 2025/Orthopaedics/Hip & Knee

Joint Infection Mortality After Knee Replacement Surpasses Common Cancers

Higher than 5-year rates for prostate cancer and melanoma and about the same as breast cancer

An open wound in a patient's armpit

Atypical Presentations of Periprosthetic Shoulder Infection

Sinus tracts can occur years later and not near the incision site

Closeup of bacterial biofilm
April 5, 2024/Orthopaedics/Research

Hydrogel With Nanoparticles Reduces Bacterial Biofilm in Model of Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Researchers hope it may one day help patients avoid explantation surgery

Swollen knee with scar
February 26, 2024/Orthopaedics/Hip & Knee

Is Joint Inflammation and Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty an Infection or Gout?

How to diagnose and treat crystalline arthropathy after knee replacement

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September 4, 2018/Orthopaedics/News & Insight

A Potential Treatment for Periprosthetic Joint Infection after Total Joint Arthroplasty

Novel approach combines magnetic hyperthermia, amino acid gel to disrupt bacterial biofilm

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