A significant number of patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty surgery have Prospective study including all patients who underwent a reverse shoulder prosthesis from January 2015 to December 2018. In all of them, 5 to 12 cultures were performed during primary surgery. The patients underwent surgery for shoulder arthritis secondary to rotator cuff tears, acute fracture of the proximal humerus, and sequelae of fracture of the proximal humerus. Exclusion criteria included the existence of previous surgeries on the affected shoulder, the presence of signs of infection, having received infiltrations and / or complementary invasive examinations (Arthro-MRI and Arthro-CT). Follow-up from 2 to 5 years. Functional assessment according to the Constant Functional Scale. All complications were also recorded.Aim
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We aimed to assess the incidence and the outcome of Gram-negative prosthetic-joint infections (PJI) in 3 international tertiary hospital. We included patients with Gram-negative PJI at Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital (Milan, Italy), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Hospital Parc de Salut Mar (Barcelona, Spain) between 2014 and 2018 in a retrospective cohort. We described the treatment's success rate according to Gram-negative species and type of surgical procedure.Aim
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