ArticlePloS one2020
Timing of hip hemiarthroplasty and the influence on prosthetic joint infection.
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- A meta-analysis comparing the effects of cemented and uncemented prostheses on wound infection and pain in patients with femoral neck fractures.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Timing and Frequency of Adverse Events Within 90 Days of Hip Arthroplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- A Prospective Case Series - Study of Neck of Femur Fractures in Elderly Patients with Pre-operative Urinary Tract Infection in Rural India.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2024Article
- [Acute postoperative infections after dual head arthroplasty in geriatric patients].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Accuracy and agreement of national spine register data for 474 patients compared to corresponding electronic patient records.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022Article
- Modes of failure of hip hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieArticle
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
introductionPrevious research suggested that patients have increased risk of infection with increased time from presentation with a femoral neck fracture to treatment with a hip hemiarthroplasty (HHA). The purpose of this study was to determine if rates of prosthetic joint infections within 3 months of surgery was affected by the time from patient presentation with a femoral neck fracture to the time of treatment with HHA. MATERIALS AND
methodsAcute hip fractures treated with HHA between 2005 and 2017 at three centres in Norway were enrolled in the study. Multi-trauma patients were excluded. Univariable analysis was performed to determine any significant effect of pre-operative waiting time on infection rate. Two pre-planned analyses dichotomizing pre-operative waiting time cut-offs were performed.
resultsThere were 2300 patients with an average age of 82 (range, 48-100) years included of which 3.4% experienced a prosthetic joint infection within 3 months. The primary analysis found no significant difference in infection rate depending on time to surgery (OR = 1.06 (95% CI 0.94-1.20, p = 0.33)). The secondary analyses showed no significant differences in infection rates when comparing pre-operative waiting time of <24 hours vs ≥24 hours (OR = 0.92 (95% CI 0.58-1.46, p = 0.73)) and <48 hours vs ≥48 hours (OR = 1.39 (95% CI 0.81-2.38, p = 0.23)).
conclusionBased off of a large retrospective Norwegian database of hip fractures there did not appear to be a significant difference in infection rate based on pre-operative wait time to surgery.
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