Plasma D-dimer Does Not Anticipate the Fate of Reimplantation in Two-stage Exchange Arthroplasty for Periprosthetic Joint Infection: A Preliminary Investigation

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory markers such as the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels have always been a part of the diagnostic criteria for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), but they perform poorly anticipating the outcome of reimplantation. D-dimer has been repo...

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Published in:Clin Orthop Relat Res
Main Authors: Pannu, Tejbir S., Villa, Jesus M., Engh, Charles, Patel, Arpan, Levine, Brett R., Piuzzi, Nicolas S., Higuera, Carlos A., Riesgo, Aldo M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021
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Selected Proceedings from the 2020 Musculoskeletal Infection Society Meeting Guest Editor: Charalampos G. Zalavras Md, Phd
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208420/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33830953
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CORR.0000000000001738
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