Accuracy of clinical symptoms and nuclear imaging in the diagnosis of infection in revision shoulder arthroplasty
This study suggests that specific clinical symptoms including pain at rest, systemic symptoms including fevers, chills, or sweats, and WBC bone scan are poorly associated with the presence of infection in revision shoulder arthroplasty. These findings point to the need for novel testing methods to establish the presence of infection in this patient population.
Authors
- Darren Drosdowech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7348-1672)
- Jonathan Doyon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3904-7207)
- J. Whitcomb Pollock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7284-4948)
- Dominique M. Rouleau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4430-1337)
- Cristina Bassi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4881-3964)
- Elham Sabri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1246-7981)
- Katie McIlquham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0015-1568)
- Peter Lapner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5393-2774)
- Diane Nam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4845-7096)
- Taryn Hodgdon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3262-4534)
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal (CA)
- St Joseph's Health Care (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JSES International
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseint.2025.02.005
- Primary Topic
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00