ReviewArthroplasty (London, England)2023
Articulating spacers: what are available and how to utilize them?
Review in Arthroplasty (London, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Incidence, associated factors, and outcomes of acute kidney injury following placement of antibiotic bone cement spacers in two-stage exchange for periprosthetic joint infection: a comprehensive study.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Pooled it
- Conversion total hip arthroplasty following failed proximal femoral fixation: current concepts review.Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy · 2026Review
- Research Progress on Risk Factors for Acute Kidney Injury After Antibiotic-Loaded Bone Cement Spacer Treatment for Periprosthetic Joint Infection.Orthopaedic surgery · 2026Review
- Review of recent advances in the diagnosis and management of periprosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty part 2: single-stage or two-stage surgical technique?Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Review
- Hypoalbuminemia is Highly Prevalent in Patients with Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Strongly Associated with Treatment Failure.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Article
- Antimicrobial Regimens in Cement Spacers for Periprosthetic Joint Infections: A Critical Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Editorial: Management of PJI/SSI after joint arthroplasty.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2024Article
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- Augmented Articulating Spacers in Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty: Surgical Technique.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- An Innovative Approach to Produce Silicone Mold-Based Antibiotic-Loaded Knee Spacer for Infected Knee Arthroplasty.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is the most devastating complication following total joint arthroplasty (TJA) and is posing a global healthcare challenge as the demand for TJA mounts. Two-stage exchange arthroplasty with the placement of antibiotic-loaded spacers has been shown to be efficacious against chronic PJI. This study aimed to review the key concepts, types, and outcome evaluations of articulating spacers in the two-stage exchange for PJI. Previous studies indicated that articulating spacers have been widely used due to better functional improvement and a comparable infection control rate relative to static spacers. Several types of articulating spacers are reportedly available, including hand-made spacers, spacers fashioned from molds, commercially preformed spacers, spacers with additional metal or polyethylene elements, new or autoclaved prosthesis, custom-made articulating spacers, and 3D printing-assisted spacers. However, limited evidence suggested no significant difference in clinical outcomes among the different subtypes of articulating spacers. Surgeons should be familiar with different treatment strategies when using various spacers to know which is the most appropriate.
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