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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 94-B, Issue 11 | Pages 1455 - 1456
1 Nov 2012
Oussedik S Gould K Stockley I Haddad FS

Peri-prosthetic infection remains a leading cause of revision surgery. Recent publications from the American Musculoskeletal Infection Society have sought to establish a definition of peri-prosthetic infection based on clinical findings and laboratory investigations. The limitations of their approach are discussed and an alternative definition is proposed, which it is felt may better reflect the uncertainties encountered in clinical practice.