We examined the usefulness of neutrophil CD64 expression in detecting local musculoskeletal
Periprosthetic joint
Blast and ballistic weapons used on the battlefield cause devastating injuries rarely seen outside armed conflict. These extremely high-energy injuries predominantly affect the limbs and are usually heavily contaminated with soil, foliage, clothing and even tissue from other casualties. Once life-threatening haemorrhage has been addressed, the military surgeon’s priority is to control
This study reviews the predisposing features, the clinical, and laboratory findings at the time of diagnosis and the results of single-stage revision of prosthetic replacement of the elbow for
Peri-prosthetic
Periprosthetic
We have studied prospectively the outcome of wound discharge in patients after arthroplasty of the hip and knee. Over a period of 3.5 years 530 primary arthroplasties were carried out in one hospital. Postoperative wound
Aims. We hypothesised that the synovial white blood cell (WBC) count
in patients with a late periprosthetic joint
This study explores the relationship between
delay to surgical debridement and deep
This study evaluates the long-term survival of
spinal implants after surgical site
The relationship between the route of inoculation, the dose of inoculum and the development of
We evaluated triple-phase bone scintigraphy in the differential diagnosis of peri-prosthetic
Our aim was to review the efficacy of the wound vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) system in the treatment of deep
One thousand patients who received 1112 total joint replacements between 1966 and 1980 were followed up prospectively for an average of six years. These patients were not advised to take antibiotics prophylactically to cover subsequent dental or surgical procedures and, so far, only three cases of haematogenous
As of April 2010 all NHS institutions in the United Kingdom are required to publish data on surgical site
Objectives. The objective of this study was to develop a test for the rapid (within 25 minutes) intraoperative detection of bacteria from synovial fluid to diagnose periprosthetic joint
We reviewed 231 patients who had undergone total knee replacement with an AGC (Biomet) implant over a period of 2.5 years. After applying exclusion criteria and with some loss to follow-up, there were 144 patients available for study. These were divided into two groups; those who had received intra-articular steroid in the 11 months before surgery and those who had not. There were three deep
We undertook a retrospective case-control study
to assess the clinical variables associated with
1. Twenty-eight patients with pyogenic