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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Carlson VR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298531 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthroplasty today 20200612 3
The successful treatment of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is difficult, requiring coordination across multiple specialties. In 2017, we formed a collaboration between our infectious disease clinicians and our orthopaedic arthroplasty surgeons in an effort to optimize care, accommodate patients, and expedite clinical decision-making in the treatment of PJI. The model consisted of combined infectious disease and arthroplasty clinics, standardized lab results, and planned staged revision procedu ...[more]