%0 Journal Article
%T A comparative study of intraoperative frozen section and alpha defensin lateral flow test in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection
%A Bernd Kubista
%A Gerhard Hobusch
%A Irene K Sigmund
%A Johannes Holinka
%A Kevin Staats
%A Reinhard Windhager
%A Sandra Stenicka
%A Susanna Lang
%J Archive of "Acta Orthopaedica".
%D 2019
%R 10.1080/17453674.2019.1567153
%X Background and purpose ¡ª For decision-making (aseptic vs. septic), surgeons rely on intraoperatively available tests when a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) cannot be confirmed or excluded preoperatively. We compared and evaluated the intraoperative performances of the frozen section and the alpha defensin lateral flow test in the diagnosis of PJI
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461083/