Abstract
Accurate diagnosis of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) infection is still a challenge. Although indirect diagnosis including serum biomarkers can help to make the diagnosis of infection, well-established international criteria require a microbiological diagnosis. In this context, sonication of retrieved implants at revision surgery stands as the best available option to harvest microorganisms colonizing the implant, those that maintain infection out of the reach of systemic antibiotic treatments. In this chapter, the rationale, evolution and current use and also the future perspective of implant sonication in the diagnosis of TKA infection will be reviewed.
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Gómez-Barrena, E., García-Rey, E. (2018). Sonication of Removed Implants in the Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty. In: Rodríguez-Merchán, E., Oussedik, S. (eds) The Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66730-0_14
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