Article
Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a predictor for diagnosis of early Periprosthetic Joint Infection
2020-10-14
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a catastrophic complication after total knee or hip arthroplasty. The diagnosis of PJI is very difficult, especially in the early postoperative period. The value of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is useful for diagnosing infectious diseases. The objective of this study was to investigate the accuracy of the NLR for the diagnosis of early PJI a...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 6c5ca8d5-6f10-557f-8a15-62d28b2bad8d
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-23878/v4
