The concordance between preoperative synovial fluid culture and intraoperative tissue cultures in periprosthetic joint infection: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Background: this systematic review aims to evaluate the concordance between preoperative synovial fluid culture and intraoperative tissue cultures in patients with periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) undergoing total hip (THA) or knee arthroplasty (TKA) revision surgery. Methods: this review was conducted in accordance with the preferred reporting items for a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies (PRISMA-DTA) statement. Cochrane, Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science databases were searched to identify studies involving patients who had THA or TKA revision surgery for PJI and for whom preoperative synovial fluid culture and intraoperative tissue cultures were performed. Studies were only included if the diagnosis of PJI was based on the EBJIS (

SUBMITTER: van Schaik TJA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9832305 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature