Clinical Trial: Contribution of the Sonication of Implants to the Diagnosis of Joint Prosthesis Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Prosthesis Related Infection
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Contribution of the Sonication of Implants to the Diagnosis of Joint Prosthesis Infection: Retrospective Cohort Study From 2019 to 2022 at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg
Brief Summary:
Studies on sonication suffer from a heterogeneity which makes their analysis complex, due to the absence of a gold standard allowing positive cases to be defined unequivocally.Thus, the sensitivity of the technique has been assessed on cases defined in different ways, which makes the studies difficult to compare (number of samples taken, number of positive samples, variable duration of culture, etc.).It should nevertheless be noted that the majority of the series conclude with a higher sensitivity than that of…
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