CAP Profiles

Bio

Bio

Vinay K. Aggarwal grew up in Bethesda, MD where he attended Walt Whitman High School. He attended Boston University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with double majors in Economics and Medical Sciences. He was part of the Seven-Year Medical program and went on to Boston University School of Medicine. Between his third and fourth years of medical school, he completed a yearlong research fellowship at The Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Department of Adult Reconstruction. He attended NYU-HJD for his orthopaedic surgery residency in New York City. He is currently completing his Adult Reconstruction Clinical Fellowship at Stanford University. He enjoys following his native DC sports teams and outdoor activities, food and drinks, with friends and family in his free time.

Clinical Focus

  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • joint replacement
  • adult reconstruction
  • total hip arthroplasty (primary and revision)
  • total knee arthroplasty (primary and revision)

Academic Appointments

Professional Education

  • Residency:Hospital for Joint Disease (2018) NY
  • Medical Education:Boston University School of Medicine Office of the Registrar (2013) MA

Contact

  • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 450 Broadway St MC 6342 Redwood City, CA 94063
    • Tel: (650) 723-2257
    Fax: (650) 721-3470

Publications

All Publications

  • Should Draining Wounds and Sinuses Associated With Hip and Knee Arthroplasties Be Cultured? JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY Tetreault, M. W., Wetters, N. G., Aggarwal, V. K., Moric, M., Segreti, J., Huddleston, J. I., Parvizi, J., Della Valle, C. J. 2013; 28 (8): 133-136

    Abstract

    We assessed the utility of culturing draining wounds or sinuses in evaluating periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Fifty-five patients with a draining wound or sinus after total joint arthroplasty (28 knees, 27 hips) who had not received antibiotics for at least two weeks were prospectively studied. Superficial wound cultures were compared to intra-articular cultures to determine accuracy in isolating infecting organism(s). The superficial cultures were concordant with deep cultures in 26 of 55 cases (47.3%) and were more likely to generate polymicrobial results (27.3% vs. 10.9%; P=0.023). In 23 cases (41.8%), the superficial cultures would have led to a change in antibiotic regimen. Superficial cultures yielded bacterial growth in 8 of the 10 cases (80%) when deep cultures and further work-up suggested the absence of deep infection. Given the potential to misguide diagnosis and treatment, we recommend against obtainment of superficial cultures in patients with a draining wound or sinus following hip or knee arthroplasty.

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.arth.2013.04.057

    View details for Web of Science ID 000209487600032