Does previous surgery (arthroscopic, fracture fixation, other non-arthroplasty) increase the risk of subsequent elbow periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total elbow arthroplasty (TEA)?

Authors: Raul Barco Laakso, Samuel Antuña
RECOMMENDATION: There is an apparent increase in the percentage of infections among patients with a previous operation in the affected elbow joint, though the association is not robust and needs to be further analyzed.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Limited
DELEGATE VOTE: Agree: 100%, Disagree: 0%, Abstain: 0% (Unanimous, Strongest Consensus)

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