Doctors use synovial fluid analysis, or synovial joint analysis, to help diagnose the cause of joint pain and to rule out infection. Common causes of joint pain include rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ...
Synovial joints have a cavity filled with viscous synovial fluid to reduce friction between joint bones Osteoarthritis involves degeneration of cartilage tissue at synovial joints due to changes in ...
Culturing of samples of periprosthetic tissue is the standard method used for the microbiologic diagnosis of prosthetic-joint infection, but this method is neither sensitive nor specific. In ...