ReviewThe open orthopaedics journal2016
Salvage Procedures for Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection After Hip and Knee Replacements.
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- Candida periprosthetic infection of the knee: a systematic review of surgical treatments and clinical outcomes.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Pooled it
- How do pre-operative intra-articular injections impact periprosthetic joint infection risk following primary total hip arthroplasty? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Candida periprosthetic infection of the hip: a systematic review of surgical treatments and clinical outcomes.International orthopaedics · 2020Pooled it
- Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI).The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2025Review
- Knee Arthrodesis Using Dual-Plate Construct is Following Failed Distal Femur Megaprosthesis-A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2024Article
- Permanent Resection Arthroplasty of the Knee as Limb Salvage Following Recurrent Periprosthetic Infection Complicated with Osteomyelitis.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2023Article
- Prosthetic Knee Joint Infection Due toDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Analysis of perioperative outcomes in hip resection arthroplasty.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Article
- The Paradox of Prosthetic Joint Infection and the Microbiome: Are Some Bacteria Actually Helpful?Arthroplasty today · 2022Article
- Contemporary Prosthetic Joint Infection Management: Is There a Role for Suppressive Antibiotic Therapy?Arthroplasty today · 2021Article
- Uniplanar versus biplanar monolateral external fixator knee arthrodesis after end-stage failed infected total knee arthroplasty: a comparative study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2020Article
- Prolonged suppressive antibiotic therapy is successful in the management of prosthetic joint infection.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2020Article
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- Preliminary outcomes of proximal femur megaspacers.Arthroplasty today · 2019Article
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- Quality of life and health status after Girdlestone resection arthroplasty in patients with an infected total hip prosthesis.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2019Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe increasing load placed by joint replacement surgery on health care systems makes infection, even with the lowest rates, a serious concern that needs to be thoroughly studied and addressed using all possible measures.
methodsA comprehensive review of the current literature on salvage procedures for recurrent PJIs using PubMed, EMBASE and CINAHL has been conducted.
resultsProlonged suppressive antibiotic therapy (PSAT), resection arthroplasty and arthrodesis were the most common procedures performed. Suppressive antibiotic therapy is based on the use of well tolerated long term antibiotics in controlling sensitive organisms. Resection arthroplasty which should be reserved as a last resort provided more predictable outcomes in the hip whereas arthrodesis was associated with better outcomes in the knee. Various methods for arthrodesis including internal and external fixation have been described.
conclusionDespite good union and infection control rates, all methods were associated with complications occasionally requiring further surgical interventions.
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