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Sonication of Antibiotic Spacers Predicts Failure during Two-stage Revision for Prosthetic Knee and Hip Infections

Charles L. Nelson, Robert B. Jones, Nathaniel C. Wingert, Michael Foltzer, Thomas R. Bowen

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2014 · 99 citations · 21 references

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Level III, diagnostic study. See the Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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Projections of Primary and Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030

Steven M. Kurtz, Kevin Ong, Edmund Lau et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 2007 · 6.9K citations

New Definition for Periprosthetic Joint Infection: From the Workgroup of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society

Javad Parvizi, Benjamin Zmistowski, Elie F. Berbari et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2011 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Sonication of Removed Hip and Knee Prostheses for Diagnosis of Infection

Andrej Trampuž, Kerryl E. Piper, Melissa Jacobson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 1.4K citations

Future Clinical and Economic Impact of Revision Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Steven M. Kurtz, Kevin Ong, Jordana K. Schmier et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 2007 · 478 citations

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Culture-Negative Prosthetic Joint Infection

Elie F. Berbari, Camelia Marculescu, Irene G. Sia et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2007 · 456 citations · Full text