Objectives Around 1% of patients who have a hip replacement have deep prosthetic joint
infection (PJI) afterwards. PJI is often treated with antibiotics plus a single revision operation …

Background Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) affects approximately 1% of patients following
total hip replacement (THR) and often results in severe physical and emotional suffering …

Deep prosthetic hip infection is a devastating complication of hip replacement surgery, and
treatment often involves multiple revision surgeries with antibiotic chemotherapy to control …

Objective. The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of deep periprosthetic
joint infections (PJIs) after primary total hip replacement (THR) in Sweden prior to the …

Background Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains a devastating complication of
arthroplasty. There are no internationally endorsed consensus management guidelines and …

Objectives To determine whether patient reported outcomes improve after single stage
versus two stage revision surgery for prosthetic joint infection of the hip, and to determine the …

Purpose Prosthetic hip joint infection remains a challenging socio-economic problem.
Curative treatment is usually a one-or two-stage revision surgery, but neither of these …

Deep peri-prosthetic infection following total joint arthroplasty is a major complication.
Although it only occurs in a small percentage of patients it results in substantial morbidity …

Aims Advocates of debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) in hip
periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) argue that a procedure not disturbing a sound prosthesis …

The aim of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of debridement, antibiotics, irrigation
and retention (DAIR) in patients who developed a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after …