Prosthetic joint infection

AJ Tande, R Patel - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a tremendous burden for individual patients as well as the
global health care industry. While a small minority of joint arthroplasties will become …

Diagnosis of periprosthetic infection

TW Bauer, J Parvizi, N Kobayashi, V Krebs - JBJS, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Infection : JBJS Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Infection : JBJS
JBJS Journal Case Connector Reviews JBJS.org Surgical Techniques Open Access JOPA …

EANM/SNMMI guideline for 18F-FDG use in inflammation and infection

F Jamar, J Buscombe, A Chiti… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this guideline is to provide general information about performing 18F-FDG PET or
PET/CT in inflammation and infection. We provide evidence for efficacy where it is available …

A review of UHMWPE wear-induced osteolysis: the role for early detection of the immune response

AM Kandahari, X Yang, KA Laroche, AS Dighe, D Pan… - Bone research, 2016 - nature.com
In a world where increasing joint arthroplasties are being performed on increasingly
younger patients, osteolysis as the leading cause of failure after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) …

Periprosthetic infection: what are the diagnostic challenges?

J Parvizi, E Ghanem, S Menashe, RL Barrack… - JBJS, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Periprosthetic Infection: What Are the Diagnostic Challenges... : JBJS Periprosthetic Infection:
What Are the Diagnostic Challenges? : JBJS JBJS Journal Case Connector Reviews JBJS.org …

Nuclear medicine and the infected joint replacement

C Love, SE Marwin, CJ Palestro - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Nearly 700,000 hip and knee arthroplasties are performed annually in the United States.
Although the results in most cases are excellent, implants do fail. Complications like …

Prosthetic joint infections: radionuclide state-of-the-art imaging

F Gemmel, H Van den Wyngaert, C Love… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Prosthetic joint replacement surgery is performed with increasing frequency. Overall the
incidence of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) and subsequently prosthesis revision failure is …

Nuclear medicine imaging of bone infections

C Love, CJ Palestro - Clinical radiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Osteomyelitis is a broad group of infectious diseases that involve the bone and/or bone
marrow. It can arise haematogenously, via extension from a contiguous infection, or by direct …

Radionuclide imaging of osteomyelitis

CJ Palestro - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Radionuclide procedures frequently are performed as part of the diagnostic workup of
osteomyelitis. Bone scintigraphy accurately diagnoses osteomyelitis in bones not affected by …

Role of Modern Imaging Techniques for Diagnosis of Infection in the Era of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography

R Kumar, S Basu, D Torigian, V Anand… - Clinical microbiology …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
During the past several years, it has become quite evident that positron emission
tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) imaging can play a major role in the …