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Maria Anna Smolle Medical University of Graz, Austria

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Dimosthenis Andreou Münster University Hospital, Germany

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Per-Ulf Tunn Sarcoma Center Berlin-Brandenburg, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Germany

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Andreas Leithner Medical University of Graz, Austria

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clinical examination The diagnostic pathway should always start with a thorough documentation of the patient’s history. Lumps that have not changed in size or shape over the years are most likely benign, whereas recently noticed, constantly

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Martin McNally The Oxford Bone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK

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Geertje Govaert Department of Trauma Surgery, University of Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Maria Dudareva The Oxford Bone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK

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Mario Morgenstern Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

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Willem-Jan Metsemakers Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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arthroplasty versus traumatized patients) and pre-operative diagnostic tests from joint puncture or biopsy are often not feasible. This review aims to summarize the significant advances which have been made in recent years towards establishing good diagnostic

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Carol C. Hasler University Children’s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

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Daniel Studer University Children’s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

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acute episode without previous history of patellar problems and without obvious anatomical features indicates post-traumatic recurrent dislocation. Those beginning in early childhood are usually congenital. However, at the end of the diagnostic pathway

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Martin McNally The Bone infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK

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Irene Sigmund The Bone infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK
Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

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Andrew Hotchen The Bone infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK

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Ricardo Sousa Porto Bone and Joint Infection Group (GRIP), Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Santo António and CUF-Hospitais e Clinicas, Portugal

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definition, does not dictate any particular treatment. This can only be decided by combining information from the definition and classification together with a full discussion of the patient’s needs and wishes. The diagnostic pathway is just the start of the

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