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. 2016 Mar;98(3):231.
doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2016.0074.

Digging a little deeper: A technical tip to improve intraoperative sampling in prosthetic joint infection

C Gee  1 , G Chan  1 , S F Bellringer  1 , P Stott  1
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Digging a little deeper: A technical tip to improve intraoperative sampling in prosthetic joint infection

C Gee et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2016 Mar.
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(A) The current standards for intraoperative biopsy for suspected prosthetic joint infection include tissue and samples taken from the joint interface area alone. (AB) Additional deep canal sampling should aid microbiological diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections, as the canal provides a finite space for bacterial proliferation. (C) A long curette, such as the one pictured, can be used to obtain these samples.
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