Introduction Septic arthritis is an acute infection of the joint that occurs most commonly in young children. The infection is mainly monoarticular, and is frequently localized in the knee and hip joints, while it is less frequent in the
Anne J. Spaans, C.M. (Lilian) Donders, J.H.J.M. (Gert) Bessems, and Christiaan J.A. van Bergen
Fabio D’Angelo, Luca Monestier, and Luigi Zagra
Background Treatment of bacterial septic arthritis in the native adult hip poses distinct challenges. The yearly incidence is estimated at about 4–10 per 100,000 patients worldwide; however, its real incidence is difficult to quantify. 1 – 3
Alexios D. Iliadis and Manoj Ramachandran
depending on the localisation of infection, such as osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, a combination of both or spondylodiscitis (not discussed here). The source of infection may be haematogenous, secondary to contiguous infection or secondary to direct
Francisco Figueroa, David Figueroa, Rafael Calvo, Alex Vaisman, and João Espregueira-Mendes
Introduction Knee septic arthritis after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is an uncommon but devastating complication, with a reported incidence of 0.14% to 1.7% on the literature. 1 , 2 Even providing state of the art
Tamer El-Sobky and Shady Mahmoud
Septic arthritis and acute haematogenous osteomyelitis are frequently encountered among otherwise healthy children and adolescents. Misdiagnosis may increase the likelihood of bone and joint complications. The slightest delay in appropriate
John Edwin, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shobhit Verma, Graham Tytherleigh-Strong, Karthik Karuppaiah, and Joydeep Sinha
”, “condensing osteitis of clavicle”, “ sternoclavicular injury”, “sternoclavicular joint arthritis”, “sternoclavicular osteomyelitis”, “sternoclavicular joint infection”, “sternoclavicular septic”, “sternoclavicular septic arthritis” and “operative treatment
Dimitrios A. Flevas, Sophia Syngouna, Emmanouel Fandridis, Sotirios Tsiodras, and Andreas F. Mavrogenis
Types of hand infections The most common types of hand infections are bite wounds, 27 – 36 paronychia, 37 – 42 felons, 43 – 47 flexor tenosynovitis, 48 – 58 septic arthritis, 59 – 70 osteomyelitis, 71 – 83 necrotizing
Francesco Benazzo, Stefano M.P. Rossi, Alberto Combi, Sanjay Meena, and Matteo Ghiara
Post-traumatic arthritis of the knee is the third most common cause of total knee replacement after primary arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The number of operations for post-traumatic conditions has increased only slightly 1 Distal
AliSina Shahi and Javad Parvizi
total joint replacement . J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2007 ; 89 : 94 - 99 . 22 Hügle T , Schuetz P , Mueller B , et al. . Serum procalcitonin for discrimination between septic and non-septic arthritis . Clin Exp
Xavier Crevoisier, Mathieu Assal, and Katarina Stanekova
envelope and well-aligned ankle and hind foot. Relative contraindications are high functional demand, diabetes, previous septic ankle arthritis and being overweight. Absolute contraindications include active or recent septic ankle arthritis, talar or distal