John W. Sperling

Mayo Clinic

[ 1 ] - Significance of Perioperative Tests to Diagnose the Infection in Revision Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the value of perioperative tests for the diagnosis of infectionin revision shoulder arthroplasty.Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 537 shoulder arthroplasties (429 patients) that underwent revisionshoulder arthroplasty at our institution. Periprosthetic tissue cultures were positive in 169/537 surgeries.Results: White-blood ...

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