Septic arthritis following joint injections: a 17 years retrospective study in an Academic General Hospital.

Background: Septic arthritis following intra-articular infiltrations is an uncommon devastating complication correlated  to high costs for the health service and often to poor outcomes. The purpose of this study is to assess a 17-years experience in a single academic multispecialist hospital managing this uncommon complication in Orthopaedic practice.

Methods: Patients with diagnosis of septic arthritis following joint injections treated in our hospital from January 2002 to December 2019 were included in the study.

Postoperative outcomes in total hip arthroplasty following femoral head avascular necrosis in HIV-positive patients.

Background: Few clinical studies have been published reporting the clinical outcomes of total hip replacement (THA) in HIV-positive patients affected by femoral head avascular necrosis (AVN) often with controversial results and often without any correlation with the immunological patient status. Our study aim is to retrospectively review the outcome of a HIV-positive patient series.

Material And Methods: 24 THAs perfomed between 2007 and  2017 were assessed in the study.

Clinical outcome before and after COVID-19 quarantine in patients affect of knee and hip osteoarthritis.

Background: The emergency caused by COVID-19 Pandemia has resulted in a complete suspension and consequent delay of common planned surgery such total hip replacement in patients affect by osteoarthritis. At the same time, the issue of the quarantine imposed changes to the normal lifestyle of these patients. The purpose of our study is to evaluate how the presence of these two factors affect the quality of live of patients living in the Italian red zone.