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Review
. 2009 Sep 1;6(5):227-33.
doi: 10.7150/ijms.6.227.

Classification of hip joint infections

Konstantinos Anagnostakos  1 , Nora Verena Schmid, Jens Kelm, Ulrich Grün, Jochen Jung
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Review

Classification of hip joint infections

Konstantinos Anagnostakos et al. Int J Med Sci. .

Abstract

Infections still remain one of the most devastating complications in hip joint surgery. Classification of these infections help the orthopaedic surgeon to identify the acuteness or chronicity of the infection, predict the complexity of the treatment procedure and ensure that all necessary device are available at the time of the revision surgery. The present article reviews the actual literature and provides an overview of clinical, arthroscopic, microbiological and radiological staging systems.

Keywords: early infection; hip joint infection; late infection; low-grade infection.

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Conflict of Interest: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists.

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