Preoperative diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection: Role of aspiration

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 875-879

  Squire, Matthew W ^a   Della Valle, Craig J ^b   Parvizi, Javad ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Hip; Knee; Periprosthetic joint infection; Revision

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT ASPIRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; INFECTION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SUCTION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUCTION;

EID: 79957839989     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5160     Document Type: Review

References (31)

1. Kurtz SM, Ong KL, Lau E, Bozic KJ, Berry D, Parvizi J. Prosthetic joint infection risk after TKA in the Medicare population. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2010; 468:52-56
2. Ong KL, Kurtz SM, Lau E, Bozic KJ, Berry DJ, Parvizi J. Prosthetic joint infection risk after total hip arthroplasty in the Medicare population. J Arthroplasty 2009; 24:105-109
3. Parvizi J, Ghanem E, Sharkey P, Aggarwal A, Burnett RSJ, Barrack RL. Diagnosis of infected total knee: findings of a multicenter database. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2008; 466:2628-2633
4. Volin SJ, Hinrichs SH, Garvin KL. Two-stage re-implantation of total joint infections: a comparison of resistant and non-resistant organisms. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2004; 427:94-100 (Pubitemid 39362837)
5. Canner GC, Steinberg ME, Heppenstall RB, et al. The infected hip after total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1984; 66:1393-1399 (Pubitemid 15177127)
6. Roberts P, Walters AJ, McMinn DJW. Diagnosing infection in hip replacements: the use of fine-needle aspiration and radiometric culture. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1992; 74:265-269
7. Phillips WC, Kattapuram SV. Efficacy of preoperative hip aspiration performed in the radiology department. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1983; 179:141-146 (Pubitemid 13017316)
8. Spangehl MJ, Masri BA, O'Connell JX, et al. Prospective analysis of preoperative and intraoperative investigations for the diagnosis of infection at the sites of two hundred and two revision total hip arthroplasties. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1999; 81:672-683 (Pubitemid 29241152)
9. Fehring TK, Cohen B. Aspiration as a guide to sepsis in revision total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 1996; 11:543-547 (Pubitemid 26303535)
10. Barrack RL, Aggarwal A, Burnett RS, et al. The fate of the unexpected positive intraoperative cultures after revision total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2007; 22[6 suppl]:94-99 (Pubitemid 47333007)
11. Bauer TW, Parvizi J, Kobayashi N, Krebs V. Diagnosis of periprosthetic infection. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2006; 88:869-882
12. Ghanem E, Parvizi J, Clohisy J, Burnett S, Sharkey PF, Barrack RL. Perioperative antibiotics should not be withheld in proven cases of periprosthetic infection. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2007; 461:44-47 (Pubitemid 47353938)
13. Della Valle CJ, Zuckerman JD, Di Cesare PE. Periprosthetic sepsis. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2004; 420:26-31 (Pubitemid 38436555)
14. Lachiewicz PF, Rogers GD, Thomason HC. Aspiration of the hip joint before revision total hip arthroplasty: clinical and laboratory factors influencing attainment of a positive culture. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1996; 78:749-754
15. Fitzgerald RH Jr, Nolan DR, Ilstrup DM, et al. Deep wound sepsis following total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1977; 59:847-855 (Pubitemid 8218237)
16. Garvin KL, Hanssen A. Current concepts review: infection after total hip arthroplasty - past, present and future. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1995; 77:1576-1588
17. Tigges S, Stiles R, Roberson J. Appearance of septic hip prosthesis on plain radiographs. AJR 1994; 163:377-380 (Pubitemid 24242524)
18. Cahir JG, Toms AP, Marshall TJ, Wimhurst J, Nolan J. CT and MRI of hip arthroplasty. Clin Radiol 2007; 62:1163-1171 (Pubitemid 350018625)
19. Cooper HJ, Ranawat AS, Potter HG, Foo LF, Koob TW, Ranawat CS. Early reactive synovitis and osteolysis after total hip arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2010; 468:3278-3285
20. Levitsky KA, Hozack WJ, Balderston RA, et al. Evaluation of the painful prosthetic joint: relative value of bone scan, sedimentation rate, and joint aspiration. J Arthroplasty 1991; 6:237-244
21. Palestro CJ, Kim CK, Swyer AJ, Capozzi JD, Solomon RW, Goldsmith SJ. Total-hip arthroplasty: periprosthetic indium-111-labled leukocyte activity and complementary technetium-99mm-sulfur colloid imaging in suspected infection. J Nucl Med 1990; 31:1950-1955
22. Chryssikos T, Parvizi J, Ghanem E, Newberg A, Zhuang H, Alavi A. FDG-PET imaging can diagnose periprosthetic infection of the hip. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2008; 466:1338-1342
23. Greidanus NV, Masri BA, Garbuz DS, et al. Use of erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein level to diagnose infection before revision total knee arthroplasty: a prospective evaluation. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007; 89:1409-1416 (Pubitemid 47041514)
24. Barrack RL, Harris WH. The value of aspiration of the hip joint before revision total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1993; 75:66-76 (Pubitemid 23064104)
25. Barrack RL, Jennings RW, Wolfe MW, Bertot AJ. The Coventry Award: the value of preoperative aspiration before total knee revision. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1997; 345:8-16 (Pubitemid 28007480)
26. Mason JB, Fehring TK, Odum SM, Griffin WL, Nussman DS. The value of white blood cell counts before revision total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2003; 18:1038-1043 (Pubitemid 38032042)
27. Trampuz A, Hanssen AD, Osmon DR, Mandrekar J, Steckelberg JM, Patel R. Synovial fluid leukocyte count and differential for the diagnosis of prosthetic knee infection. Am J Med 2004; 117:556-562 (Pubitemid 39304205)
28. Schinsky MF, Della Valle CD, Sporer SM, Paprosky WG. Perioperative testing for joint infection in patients undergoing revision total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2008; 90: 1869-1875
29. Della Valle CJ, Sporer SM, Jacobs JJ, Berger RA, Rosenberg AG, Paprosky WG. Preoperative testing for sepsis before revision total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2007; 22:90-93 (Pubitemid 47333017)
30. Ali F, Wilkinson JM, Cooper JR, et al. Accuracy of joint aspiration for the preoperative diagnosis of infection in total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2006; 21:221-226 (Pubitemid 43339876)
31. Koopman WJ. Arthritis and allied conditions: a textbook of rheumatology. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1994