Periodic Reporting for period 1 - QuantOnCal (Feasibility study for clinical validation of an innovative point of care assay for the detection of low-grade-infections in joint replacement)

Joint replacement by endoprosthesis is a common and successful surgical intervention. In Europe there are more than one million hip and knee replacements in a year and over 3 million worldwide. With the lack of adequate diagnostic methods, up to 15% of implant revision...