Culture-Negative Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Periprosthetic joint infection remains one of the most dreaded complications following joint arthroplasty.

PHOENIX — An investigation into the preoperative and postoperative clinical utility of synovial alpha-defensin tests showed the test did not change clinical decision-making in the setting of periprosthetic joint infection, a study presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting showed.