ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Long-Term Patient-Related Quality of Life after Knee Periprosthetic Joint Infection.
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- Biopsychosocial needs and complementary treatments for patients undergoing management for periprosthetic joint infection following hip or knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.EFORT open reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of Infection Timing on Outcomes: A Comparative Study of Periprosthetic Joint and Fracture-Related Infections.Orthopaedic surgery · 2026Article
- Prolonged wound drainage past two weeks is associated with increased treatment failure following prosthetic joint infection surgery of the hip.International orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Functional and quality-of-life outcomes after metal-on-polyethylene articulating spacer implantation for periprosthetic knee infection: a retrospective evaluation of a prospectively collected cohort.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026Observational
- Intraoperative vasopressor use as a risk factor for early periprosthetic joint infection after total joint arthroplasty: A retrospective cohort study.Journal of orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Old germs, novel approaches - A systematic review on pathogen distribution and therapeutic intervention strategies in periprosthetic joint infections.European journal of microbiology & immunology · 2025Review
- Life after bone infection: a retrospective comparison of quality of life in patients with periprosthetic joint infection and fracture-related infections.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Revision of unicondylar knee arthroplasty: an analysis of failure rates and contributing factors.Knee surgery & related research · 2025Article
- Impact of septic arthritis on quality of life: arthroscopy vs. arthrotomy.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Article
- Assessing the TNM Classification for Periprosthetic Joint Infections of the Knee: Predictive Validity for Functional and Subjective Outcomes.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- The Efficacy of Defensive Antibacterial Coating (DAC™) Periprosthetic Joint Infection Prevention in the Hip: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- Nanoparticle ultrasonication: a promising approach for reducing bacterial biofilm in total joint infection-an in vivo rat model investigation.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2024Article
- [Low UKA implantation volume, comorbidities, male sex, and implantation of constrained TKA are risk factors for septic revision after knee arthroplasty implantation : A register-based study from the German Arthroplasty Register].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Forecasting the value of innovation in total knee arthroplasty care: A headroom approach.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2024Article
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- Early and delayed periprosthetic joint infection in robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty: a multicenter study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Article
- Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Microbiologic diagnosis of implant-associated infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Review
- Teaching potential of interdisciplinary meetings on osteoarticular infections for orthopaedic residents: Insights from a French reference center (CRIOAC).GMS journal for medical education · 2024Article
- Risk Factors and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infections in Megaprostheses-A Review of the Literature.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundWe aimed to evaluate the impact of knee periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) by assessing the patients' long-term quality of life and explicitly their psychological wellbeing after successful treatment.
methodsThirty-six patients with achieved eradication of infection after knee PJI were included. Quality of life was evaluated with the EQ-5D and SF-36 outcome instruments as well as with an ICD-10 based symptom rating (ISR) and compared to normative data.
resultsAt a follow-up of 4.9 ± 3.5 years the mean SF-36 score was 24.82 ± 10.0 regarding the physical health component and 46.16 ± 13.3 regarding the mental health component compared to German normative values of 48.36 ± 9.4 (
conclusionPJI patients still suffer from significantly lower quality of life compared to normative data, even years after surgically successful treatment. Future clinical studies should focus on patient-related outcome measures. Newly emerging treatment strategies, prevention methods, and interdisciplinary approaches should be implemented to improve the quality of life of PJI patients.
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