Infection News

Results showed patients with metabolic syndrome were more likely to have complications after reverse shoulder arthroplasty, despite no increase in complications, reoperation or revision surgery in primary shoulder arthroplasty.

Use of an artificial neural network model identified Charlson comorbidity index and smoking status as the strongest predictors of surgical site infection after total joint arthroplasty, according to results.

Eliminating periprosthetic joint infection as a disease process is a “dream,” a presenter at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting said, noting the orthopedic community will produce novel innovations that can improve patient care.

Medium-sized ORs, younger patients, longer emergency and trauma procedures and higher American Society of Anesthesiologists scores are risk factors for the development of surgical site infection, according to published results.

High-risk patients who received extended antibiotics after total joint arthroplasty experienced a significant reduction in risk of periprosthetic joint infection, according to published and recently presented results.

High risk patients who received extended antibiotics after total joint arthroplasty experienced a significant reduction in risk of periprosthetic joint infection, according to published and recently presented results.

As difficulties exist in the diagnosis of infection in orthopedic surgery, researchers have turned their attention to serum markers, next-generation sequencing and phage therapy as possible diagnosis solutions, according to a presenter.

Patients who underwent two-stage reverse shoulder arthroplasty for infection had a reinfection rate of 18% at midterm follow-up, according to results presented at the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Healio LIVE announced Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, which was scheduled for January 2021 in Maui, Hawaii, will be rescheduled to later in the year.

Surgical management of shoulder prosthetic joint infection typically involves one- or two-stage revision shoulder arthroplasty.