Perioperative shingles diagnosis does not influence prosthetic joint infection rates after shoulder arthroplasty
Shoulder arthroplasty (SA) utilization has increased substantially, with a corresponding rise in revision procedures, many driven by periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Herpes zoster (HZ), or shingles, is increasingly prevalent among older and immunocompromised patients and shares overlapping risk factors with PJI. H...