Paper of the week: What Is the Role of Repeat Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Hip Infection?

Paper of the week: What Is the Role of Repeat Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Hip Infection?

ICM Philly October 12, 2018

This weeks paper of the week is about role of repeated aspiration in hip joint infection.

What Is the Role of Repeat Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Hip Infection?
Jeffrey D. Hassebrock, MD, Michael G. Fox, MD, MBA, Mark J. Spangehl, MD, Matthew R. Neville, MS, Adam J. Schwartz, MD, MBA
The Journal of Arthroplasty
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2018.09.001

One thought on “Paper of the week: What Is the Role of Repeat Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Hip Infection?

  1. Dear Authors I think if you make a lot of aspirations you increase the risk of creating a superinfection.

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