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Infected total hip arthroplasty--the value of intraoperative histology
1Servei de Cirurgia Ortopèdica i Traumatologia, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Catalunya, Spain.
International Orthopaedics
|April 7, 1999
Abstract:
Intraoperative histology showed a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 98%. These results were better than those observed for the other tests evaluated. Our data provide evidence that intraoperative histology is useful tool in the diagnosis of infected total hip arthroplasty.