title: [Infection following shoulder and elbow arthroplasty. Diagnosis and therapy].
abstract: The rate of infection reported in recent publications is 0.8% after shoulder arthroplasty and ten times higher (8.1%) after elbow arthroplasty. The figures for shoulder arthroplasty correspond well with our own rate of revision for infection of 0.5% after 363 primary shoulder replacements. However, our average rate of revision for infection (1.8%) after 278 GSB-III elbow arthroplasties was considerably lower and included rheumatoid as well as post-traumatic indications. Our experience concerning etiologic factors, nature, diagnosis, treatment options, and long-term consequences of superficial and deep infections after shoulder and elbow arthroplasty are discussed for each joint separately and in relation to the literature.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Infekt nach Schulter- und Ellbogenarthroplastik. Diagnostik und Therapie.