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Friday, November 4, 2011

A New Definition for Periprosthetic Joint Infection

A rise in periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) rates has the orthopedic community moving to develop it’s first-ever agreed upon definition and diagnostic criteria to help better treat patients.

The proposed criteria, published in the November issue of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (PDF) was developed by a Musculoskeletal Infection Society working group led by Javad Parvizi, M.D., director of Research at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson. The group analyzed available research, much of which was conducted at Jefferson, to develop the new definition and criteria. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

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