The purpose of this study is to determine whether an undirected synovial biopsy technique has the same accuracy in detecting periprosthetic joint infection in the knee as an arthroscopic assisted directed synovial biopsy technique.
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Correlation of microbiological and histological results of undirected and directed synovial biopsies
Timeframe: within the first 14 days after surgery