Background Evidence suggests approximately 40% of intramedullary (IM) canals are culture
positive at resection for infected knee arthroplasty. While commonly utilized, no clinical data …

Background The incidence of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is increasing, coincident with the
rising volume of joint arthroplasty being performed. With recent controversy regarding the …

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations of hospital volume
with revision surgery for infection and superficial incisional infections. Methods A review of …

Objective: To investigate the efficiency and safety of articulating spacer for severe infection
after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with medical comorbidities and local sinus …

Since the advent of prosthetic joint replacement, patients suffering from bone and joint
pathology have benefited from significant improvements in mobility and pain relief. In …

Aims: In cases of a two-stage septic total hip arthroplasty (THA) exchange a femoral
osteotomy with subsequent cerclage stabilization may be necessary to remove a well-fixed …

Background Chronic periprosthetic joint infection after revision hip and knee arthroplasties
can lead to subsequent massive femoral bone loss. In these cases, resection of the residual …

OBJECTIVES: The exposure of joint prostheses to remote infections is unknown. We wanted
to estimate (a) the exposure of arthroplasty patients to severe remote infections, and (b) the …

Septic loosening of total hip and knee endoprostheses gains an increasing proportion of
revision arthroplasties. Operative revisions of infected endoprostheses are mentally and …

Aims To evaluate the effectiveness of an institutionally developed algorithm for evaluation
and diagnosis of prosthetic joint injection and to determine the impact of this protocol on …