Exciting Performance of Plasma Fibrinogen in Periprosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis.

Objective: To test the significance of serum C-reactive protein (CRP), the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), the platelet count/mean platelet volume ratio (PC/MPV), plasma fibrinogen, and D-Dimer in periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) diagnosis.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 149 patients diagnosed from July 2016 to December 2019 with primary osteoarthritis (OA group, average age 63.18 years [range, 53-82 years] 18 males, 46 females), PJI (PJI group, average age 63.

Successful management of lower limb nonunion using locking plates and bone graft with retention of intramedullary nail.

This study aims to investigate the clinical effect of the combined an additional locking plate with bone graft based on retaining the original intramedullary nail for the treatment of lower limb nonunion.From June 2008 to December 2012, 39 patients were admitted and treated, who developed non-infectious bone nonunion after intramedullary nail fixation for long bone fracture in the lower limb. Additional locking plate and autogenous iliac bone grafting were performed for these patients, in which the original intramedullary nail was retained.