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ArticleJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma2020

Successful two-stage primary total knee arthroplasty for infective arthritis of the knee - our experience.

Sam Supreeth, Suwailim Al Ghanami, Saseendar Shanmugasundaram, Raad Sabri Al Rawi, Ali Redha Abdawani, Shenouda R Abdelmasih

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Article in Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sam SupreethKhoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Suwailim Al GhanamiKhoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Saseendar ShanmugasundaramApollo Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Raad Sabri Al RawiKhoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Ali Redha AbdawaniKhoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Shenouda R AbdelmasihKhoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Khoula Hospital · OM

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe incidence of septic arthritis is 2-10/100,000. Morbidity is higher with persistent joint dysfunction in up to 30%. Osteoarthritic knee with infection presents a rare challenge, with no established approach for treatment exists. We present our experience of managing infected degenerative joint disease (DJD) with two-stage primary arthroplasty similar to the management of periprosthetic joint infection. PATIENTS AND

methodsFour patients presented to us between 2016 and 2018 with advanced DJD associated with coexistent joint sepsis with or without adjacent osteomyelitis. The diagnosis of joint sepsis with periarticular osteomyelitis was made based on clinical presentation, radiographic findings, inflammatory serological markers, and culture of knee joint aspirate. All were operated with primary arthroplasty in two stages of debridement with a static spacer followed by antibiotics and implantation. DISCUSSION: With no established method of treating DJD superadded with infection, our experience adds valuable information in treating the same. Our 2-staged primary arthroplasty had a short antibiotic duration between stages, a mean of 63.5 days, and stopped within 3 days of 2

conclusionAll patients had painless return to early activities with no signs of recurrent infection. Our approach is a very viable and could serve as a cost-effective method treatment for an infected arthritic knee.

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PMID32999550
PMCPMC7503794
OpenAlexW3040648107

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