Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Preoperative imaging and laboratory findings preoperatively and 6 weeks postoperatively in patients with non-specific infection
Case | Preoperative imaging | Preoperative lab | 6 weeks postoperative | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radiographs | MRI | CT | WBC (/mm3) | ESR (mm/h) | CRP (mg/dL) | WBC (/mm3) | ESR (mm/h) | CRP (mg/dL) | |
3 | Periarticular osteopaenia | Bone and iliacus and gluteal muscle oedema and abscess formation | – | 13,700 | 70 | 87 | 8,400 | 12 | 21 |
5 | Sclerosis and narrowing of joint space | Localised area of fluid in the joint | Sclerosis and cavitation | 13,400 | 92 | 250 | 9,600 | 33 | 46 |
6 | Normal | Abscess and oedema in gluteal muscle | – | 10,600 | 89 | 117 | 7,100 | 19 | 57.2 |
7 | Partially fused joint and localised area of cavitation | Localised cavity with fluid signal | – | 7,800 | 79 | 27.5 | 9,000 | 83 | 18.7 |
8 | Normal | Periarticular bone oedema, fluid signal in the joint and soft tissue | – | 4,300 | 66 | 65.2 | 6,300 | 32 | 11.4 |
9 | Narrow joint | Abscess formation and soft tissue and bone oedema | Joint narrowing and destruction | 9,800 | 73 | 81.3 | 5,700 | 26 | 7.9 |
10 | Sclerosis and cavitation | Posterior abscess formation | – | 15,500 | 133 | 251.7 | 7,600 | 93 | 10.1 |
12 | Normal | Periarticular oedema and fluid signal | – | 19,700 | 64 | 255.4 | 8,700 | 55 | 13.3 |
13 | Normal | Fluid signal in joint and bone oedema | – | 10,900 | 83 | 90.5 | 6,900 | 64 | 16.9 |
14 | Widening of the joint space | Fluid signal in the joint and periarticular oedema | Joint widening and sclerosis of the edges | 12,200 | 128 | 135.1 | 7,900 | 29 | 12.6 |
15 | Widening and cavitation of the joint surfaces | Abscess formation and bone and soft tissue oedema | Widening and localised cavitation | 8,800 | 78 | 110 | 8,300 | 32 | 5.6 |
16 | Wide joint with sclerosis | Abscess formation and soft tissue oedema | – | 3,600 | 103 | 104 | 6,800 | 61 | 12.7 |
17 | Wide joint | Tissue and joint fluid signal | Joint widening | 11,800 | 74 | 153.2 | 7,600 | 71 | 55.6 |
18 | Normal | Fluid in the joint and adjacent tissue anteriorly | – | 13,600 | 86 | 79 | 27,400 | 51 | 65.3 |
19 | Periarticular osteopaenia | Bone oedema and fluid signal in the joint | – | 4,800 | 46 | 9.7 | 4,900 | 20 | 1.5 |
21 | Normal | Fluid signal, periarticular and in the joint | – | 10,100 | 77 | 258.7 | 7,300 | 39 | 16.8 |
22 | Widening and cavitation | Abscess and soft tissue oedema posterior and anterior | Sclerosis and cavitation of the joint | 5,000 | 38 | 7.6 | 5,900 | 73 | 13.1 |