Elevation of fibrin degradation product (FDP) values prevents the negative conversion of serum CRP values after total knee arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is essential as an orthopedic surgeon to diagnose prosthetic joint infection (PJI) at an early stage and to carry out precise treatment as well as preventing the deterioration of functional prognosis as much as possible. We suspected that PJI might have been caused because the negative conversion of creatinine reactive protein (CRP) has been prolonged after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and patients with no serum CRP negative conversion have been treated with antibiotics to avoid the morbidity of PJI. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the factors associated with prolongation of the negative conversion of CRP, with the exclusion of PJI patients.

Methods

We performed a retrospective case control study at our institution from August 2014 to August

SUBMITTER: Fujimoto T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6128171 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature