Periprosthetic joint infection : patients benefit from a multidisciplinary team approach

Nike Walter; Markus Rupp; Susanne Baertl; Tomasz Piotr Ziarko; Florian Hitzenbichler; Sebastian Geis; Christoph Brochhausen; Volker Alt

doi:10.1302/2046-3758.111.BJR-2021-0499

Periprosthetic joint infection : patients benefit from a multidisciplinary team approach

Bone Joint Res. 2022 Jan;11(1):8-9. doi: 10.1302/2046-3758.111.BJR-2021-0499.

Authors

Nike Walter^{1

2}, Markus Rupp¹, Susanne Baertl¹, Tomasz Piotr Ziarko¹, Florian Hitzenbichler³, Sebastian Geis⁴, Christoph Brochhausen⁵, Volker Alt¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
² Department for Psychosomatic Medicine, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
³ Department of Infection Prevention and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
⁴ Center of Plastic and Aesthetic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
⁵ Institute of Pathology, University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

PMID: 34994575
PMCID: PMC8801164
DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.111.BJR-2021-0499

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Keywords: Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI); Multidisciplinary approach; Periprosthetic joint infection; Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs); clinical microbiology; diagnostic radiology; infections; infectious diseases; reconstructive surgery; retrospective cohort study; t-test; trauma surgery.