Elizabeth Sager

Publications

• Research Article   
  Diagnostic Accuracy of Image-Guided Hip Joint Aspirations and Analysis of Predictive Parameters
  Author(s): Caleb Bhatnagar, Andrew Pasion, Elizabeth Sager, Mathew Illimoottil, Stanley Chu and Emad Allam*
  
  This study compares how well the findings from image-guided hip joint aspirations match those from subsequent surgery and investigates the factors that may explain any differences. We reviewed hip aspirations done from September 2014 to January 2023. Patients who had hip surgery within six months after aspiration were included, except those with incomplete records. We looked at differences in culture results and fluid samples between radiological and surgical procedures. Out of 94 hip aspirations, 63% were patients who had prior hip replacements. We found discrepancies in culture results in 17% of cases. In 69% of these, hip aspiration samples showed no bacterial growth, while surgery samples found growth. Delays in processing the samples correlated with these discrepancies (p=0.0166). P. acnes showed a significant tendency for discrep.. Read More»
  

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