ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2024
Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) following hip and knee arthroplasty: results and findings of a multidisciplinary approach from a non-specialist prosthetic infection centre.
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- Timing and microbiological profile influence long-term outcomes after debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) in acute hip periprosthetic joint infection.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026Article
- The Mursa Protocol: A Novel Multimodal Antiseptic-Based DAIR Strategy for Early Hip Periprosthetic Joint Infection.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Debridement, Antibiotics and Implant Retention in the Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection: One-Year Outcomes, Epidemiology and Predictors of Failure.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Acute Prosthetic Joint Infection of Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Managed with Debridement, Antibiotics, Implant Retention, and Flap Coverage: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Review of Recent Advances in Managing Periprosthetic Joint Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty: DAIR Technique.Orthopedic research and reviews · 2026Review
- Effect of motor imagery training on joint function recovery following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionProsthetic joint infection (PJI) is a catastrophic complication following arthroplasty surgery. Recently a debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) procedure has gained popularity for PJI where a thorough debridement, irrigation and modular component exchange is undertaken.
methodWe present the outcome for DAIR, data collected prospectively, in a busy orthopaedic unit but not one specialising in PJI. All patients with PJI were included without loss of data or patients from 2012 to 2018 with a minimum follow-up of 5 years.
resultsFour total knee replacements, 17 total hip replacements, one revision total hip replacement and three hip hemiarthroplasties are included with an average duration from onset of symptoms to the DAIR procedure of 11 days (range 1-22 days).
conclusionThis study includes 25 consecutive patients treated with DAIR with only one reinfection, with a mean follow-up period of 5 years. Using a strict protocol, DAIR appears to offer a successful treatment strategy for the management of early PJI.
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