Proceedings from the 2018 International Consensus Meeting on Orthopedic Infections: prevention of periprosthetic shoulder infection.

Garrigues, Grant E; Zmistowski, Benjamin; Cooper, Alexus M; Green, Andrew; ICM Shoulder Group · J Shoulder Elbow Surg · 2019

expert_opinion · Level V

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Abstract

The Second International Consensus Meeting on Orthopedic Infections was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 2018. Over 800 international experts from all 9 subspecialties of orthopedic surgery and allied fields of infectious disease, microbiology, and epidemiology were assembled to form a consensus workgroup. The following proceedings on the prevention of periprosthetic shoulder infection come from 16 questions evaluated by delegates from the shoulder section.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy