Diagnosis of infection by frozen section during revision arthroplasty.

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We assessed the efficacy of intraoperative frozen-section histology in detecting infection in failed arthroplasties in 106 hips and knees. We found inflammatory changes consistent with infection (an average of one or more neutrophil polymorphs or plasma cells per high-power field in several samples) in 18 cases; there was a significant growth on bacterial culture in 20 cases. Compared with the bacterial cultures, the frozen sections provided two false-negative results and three false-positive...

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Authors: Athanasou, N; Pandey, R; de Steiger, R; Crook, D; Smith, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume
• Volume: 77
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 28-33
• Publication date: 1995-01-01
• ISSN: 0301-620X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Prosthesis Failure; Reoperation; Female; Adult; Middle Aged; Male; Aged, 80 and over; Frozen Sections; Predictive Value of Tests; Prosthesis-Related Infections; Aged; Recurrence; Sensitivity and Specificity; Inflammation; Knee Prosthesis; Hip Prosthesis; Humans