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ArticleCureus2024

Etiology of Total Knee Arthroplasty Revisions: A Two-Decade Institutional Perspective.

Serban Dragosloveanu, Mihnea-Alexandru Petre, Bogdan Cretu, Alexandra Ana Mihailescu, Romica Cergan, Cristian Scheau

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Serban DragosloveanuDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, ROU.
Mihnea-Alexandru PetreDepartment of Orthopaedics, "Foisor" Clinical Hospital of Orthopaedics, Traumatology, and Osteoarticular Tuberculosis, Bucharest, ROU.
Bogdan CretuDepartment of Orthopaedics, Bucharest Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, ROU.
Alexandra Ana MihailescuDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, "Foisor" Clinical Hospital of Orthopaedics, Traumatology, and Osteoarticular Tuberculosis, Bucharest, ROU.
Romica CerganDepartment of Anatomy, The "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, ROU.
Cristian ScheauDepartment of Physiology, The "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, ROU.
Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest · ROCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROEmergency University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) implant survival time is determined by various patient and implant-related factors and varies significantly in recent worldwide reports. In our study, we have included 247 TKA revisions in 203 patients performed in our hospital over the last 20 years. Multiple etiologies of revisions were identified and classified into 10 categories. Time to failure was analyzed with regard to etiology, patient demographics, and other relevant data. The overall average time to revision was 44.08 months (95% confidence interval (CI) between 33.34 and 49.82 months). Age at primary implant was negatively correlated with time to revision (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.0521 and 95% CI of HR = 1.0359 to 1.0685) and female patients showed a 1.59 times higher risk of implant failure than males. Periprosthetic joint infection was the cause of 46.56% (n=115) of revisions (out of which 12.55% (n=31) were early infections, diagnosed within the first three months), while aseptic loosening was found in 31.98% (n=79) of cases. Infection correlated with a shorter time to revision compared to aseptic loosening (p<0.05). These findings emphasize the need to intensify efforts to deliver the best patient care, select the best antibiotic regimen, and improve surgical techniques to decrease the incidence of infectious complications.

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aseptic looseningparaclinical investigationpathophysiologyperiprosthetic joint infectionrevision surgerytotal knee arthroplasty

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PMID38425332
PMCPMC10904024
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