September 19, 2012
Utility of Intraoperative Frozen Section Histopathology in the Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
J Bone Joint Surg Am, 2012 Sep 19;94(18):1700-1711. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00756
Geoffrey Tsaras, MBChB, MPH; Awele Maduka-Ezeh, MBBS, MPH; Carrie Y. Inwards, MD; Tad Mabry, MD; Patricia J. Erwin, MLS; M. Hassan Murad, MD, MPH; Victor M. Montori, MD, MSc; Colin P. West, MD, PhD; Douglas R. Osmon, MD, MPH; Elie F. Berbari, MD
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Supporting Data
Tables showing the characteristics of the included studies, the search terms used, the QUADAS questionnaire items, the quality of the included studies, and the results of the additional subgroup analyses as well as figures showing the quality of the included studies, forest plots of the positive and negative likelihood ratios for a threshold of ten PMNs per high-power field, and the SROC curve for frozen sections compared with microbiologic culture