Factors predicting hip joint aspiration yield or "dry taps" in patients with total hip arthroplasty

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 42
• Main Authors: Ong, Justin, Tang, Alex, Rozell, Joshua C, Babb, James S, Schwarzkopf, Ran, Lin, Dana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 22.01.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip - adverse effects; Body mass index; Cell culture; Dry tap; Health aspects; Hip; Hip joint; Hip Joint - diagnostic imaging; Hip Joint - surgery; Hip Prosthesis - adverse effects; Humans; Infection; Joint diseases; Joint replacement surgery; Joint surgery; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Orthopedics; Paracentesis - methods; Patients; Periprosthetic joint infection; Prosthesis-Related Infections - etiology; Retrospective Studies; Saline lavage; Saline Solution; Synovial Fluid; Therapeutic Irrigation - methods; Total hip arthroplasty; Ultrasonic imaging; Saline lavage; Periprosthetic joint infection; Total hip arthroplasty; Dry tap

Image-guided joint aspirations used to assist the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) may commonly result in a dry tap-or insufficient fluid for culture and cell count analysis. Dry tap aspirations are painful and invasive for patients and often utilize a subsequent saline lavage to ob...