Mario Farias Kovac

ORCID: 0000-0002-1811-6269
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Research Areas
  • Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Surgical site infection prevention
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment

Cleveland Clinic
2014-2016

Background: Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients undergoing revision shoulder arthroplasty is challenging because the low virulence most common infecting organisms. The goal this study was to evaluate diagnostic utility measuring synovial fluid interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels for identifying PJI shoulder. Methods: Thirty-two consecutive evaluated pain at site a were prospectively enrolled from November 2012 September 2013 and underwent surgery (thirty-five procedures...

10.2106/jbjs.n.00104 article EN Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2015-01-07
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