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ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2020

Mimicry of surgical site infection - Case report.

H Bretschneider, S Helbig, C Kleber, K de With, M Stiehler

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Article in International journal of surgery case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

H BretschneiderUniversity Centre for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden and Faculty of Medicine of Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
S HelbigDivision of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden and Faculty of Medicine of Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
C KleberUniversity Centre for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden and Faculty of Medicine of Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
K de WithDivision of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden and Faculty of Medicine of Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
M StiehlerUniversity Centre for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden and Faculty of Medicine of Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: maik.stiehler@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DETU Dresden · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background contextCalciphylaxis is a rare complication of secondary hyperparathyroidism caused by calcifications of small blood vessels in the skin and soft tissue. The disease occurs almost exclusively in patients with chronic kidney disease and has an incidence of approximately 50 cases per year in Germany [1]. PURPOSE: We present a case of a 61-year-old woman with calciphylaxis in connection with a primary knee endoprosthesis implantation. STUDY

designCase report.

methodsA review of the medical records since the time of initial hospital admission throughout the entire hospitalization until the death of the patient was performed.

resultsCalciphylaxis caused severe soft tissue complications after total joint arthroplasty. Despite interdisciplinary therapy, including revision and plastic surgery as well as intensive care, the patient died 4 months after primary total knee arthroplasty due to septic multi-organ failure.

conclusionCalciphylaxis may cause severe soft tissue complications after total joint arthroplasty and should be considered as potential differential diagnosis to surgical site infection. This is the first case report on calciphylaxis as direct complication of total joint replacement surgery.

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CalciphylaxisCase reportPeriprosthetic joint infectionSoft tissue complicationsTotal joint arthroplasty

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PMID32544831
PMCPMC7298546
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