Andreas G Tsantes, Dimitrios V Papadopoulos, Stavros Goumenos, Ioannis G Trikoupis, Konstantina A Tsante, Christos Koutserimpas, Panagiotis Koulouvaris, Vasileios Petrakis, Aristeidis G Vaiopoulos, Daniele Piovani, Georgios K Nikolopoulos, Andreas F Mavrogenis, Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos, Stefanos Bonovas, Argirios E Tsantes
Background/Objectives: There is a lack of reliable biomarkers for diagnosis of infection eradication prior to second-stage reimplantation in two-stage exchange arthroplasty for periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs). The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) for persistent infection in two-stage exchange arthroplasties. Methods: A pilot, retrospective analysis was performed including 70 patients who underwent a two-stage exchange arthroplasty for PJI...
March 27, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine