ArticlePloS one2018
Surgeons are deeply affected when patients are diagnosed with prosthetic joint infection.
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- The Healer's Wound: Personal Injury, Identity, and Ethical Responsibility in Orthopedic Surgery.Cureus · 2026Review
- Results of Aspiration, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, and C-Reactive Protein in Patients With Known Prosthetic Joint Infection on Chronic Suppression.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025Article
- How Surgeons and Surgical Leaders Manage Complications, Medical Errors, Malpractice, and Second Victim Syndrome.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2025Article
- Decisions About Suppressive Antibiotics Among Clinicians at Veterans Affairs Hospitals After Prosthetic Joint Infection.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Periprosthetic Joint Infection: A Multifaceted Burden Undermining Arthroplasty Success.Orthopedic reviews · 2025Article
- Beyond the operating room: addressing the "second-victim" phenomenon in surgical practice.European journal of medical research · 2024Review
- Polyurethane: An Old Material for a New Generation of Antibiotic Spacer Implants.Arthroplasty today · 2024Article
- Intraoperative adverse events among surgeons in Singapore: a multicentre cross-sectional study on impact and support.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Periprosthetic Joint Infection: Current Clinical Challenges.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023Article
- The patients' perspective - a qualitative analysis of experiencing a fracture-related infection.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Managing periprosthetic joint infection-a qualitative analysis of nursing staffs' experiences.BMC nursing · 2022Article
- Improve Integration of In Vitro Biofilm Body of Knowledge to Support Clinical Breakthroughs in Surgical Site Infection.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2021Review
- Unattainable equipoise in randomized controlled trials : staff views of a feasibility study of surgical treatments for segmental tibial fractures.Bone & joint open · 2021Article
- Long-Term Patient-Related Quality of Life after Knee Periprosthetic Joint Infection.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Using a process improvement approach to identifying barriers to research in a CTSA hub environment.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2020Article
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Abstract
Knee replacement is a common preference sensitive quality-of-life procedure that can reduce pain and improve function for people with advanced knee arthritis. While most patients improve, knee replacement surgery has the potential for serious complications. Prosthetic knee infection is an uncommon but serious complication. This study explored the impact of cases of prosthetic knee infection on surgeons' personal and professional wellbeing. Qualitative telephone interviews were conducted with consultant orthopaedic surgeons who treated patients for prosthetic knee infection in one of six high-volume NHS orthopaedic departments. Data was audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically. Eleven surgeons took part. Analysis identified three overarching themes: (i) At some point infection is inevitable but surgeons still feel accountable; (ii) A profound emotional impact and (iii) Supporting each other. The occurrence of prosthetic joint infection has a significant emotional impact on surgeons who report a collective sense of devastation and personal ownership, even though prosthetic joint infection cannot be fully controlled for. Surgeons stressed the importance of openly discussing the management of prosthetic joint infection with a supportive multidisciplinary team and this has implications for the ways in which orthopaedic surgeons may be best supported to manage this complication. This article also acknowledges that surgeons are not alone in experiencing personal impact when patients have infection.
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