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ReviewSkeletal radiology2024

Imaging approach to prosthetic joint infection.

Meghan Jardon, Jan Fritz, Mohammad Samim

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Review in Skeletal radiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. [Diagnostic value ofZhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Meghan JardonDepartment of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. meghan.jardon@nyulangone.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5663-1296
Jan FritzDepartment of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Mohammad SamimDepartment of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
NYU Langone Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains challenging, despite multiple available laboratory tests for both serum and synovial fluid analysis. The clinical symptoms of PJI are not always characteristic, particularly in the chronic phase, and there is often significant overlap in symptoms with non-infectious forms of arthroplasty failure. Further exacerbating this challenge is lack of a universally accepted definition for PJI, with publications from multiple professional societies citing different diagnostic criteria. While not included in many of the major societies' guidelines for diagnosis of PJI, diagnostic imaging can play an important role in the workup of suspected PJI. In this article, we will review an approach to diagnostic imaging modalities (radiography, ultrasound, CT, MRI) in the workup of suspected PJI, with special attention to the limitations and benefits of each modality. We will also discuss the role that image-guided interventions play in the workup of these patients, through ultrasound and fluoroscopically guided joint aspirations. While there is no standard imaging algorithm that can universally applied to all patients with suspected PJI, we will discuss a general approach to diagnostic imaging and image-guided intervention in this clinical scenario.

Indexed as

Prosthesis-Related InfectionsDiagnostic ImagingHumansJoint ProsthesisArthroplastyImage-guided joint aspirationMRIProsthetic joint infection (PJI)

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PMID38133670
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