Diagnostic Utility of Synovial Fluid Cell Counts and CRP in Pediatric Knee Arthritis: A 10-Year Monocentric, Retrospective Study

• Main Authors: Irene Nyaaba (Author), Pierre-Yves Zambelli (Author), Aziz Chaouch (Author), Aline Bregou (Author), İlker Uçkay (Author), Eleftheria Samara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Orthopedic surgeons often use the intra-articular white blood counts (WBCs) and the percentage of polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) in the diagnosis of an acute swollen and painful knee joint in children. Today, there is no established threshold for the synovial WBC, and their differentiatio...