Biofilms are aggregates formed as a protective survival state by microorganisms to adapt to
the environment and can be resistant to antimicrobial agents and host immune responses …

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a successful treatment for osteoarthritis with good clinical
outcomes 1, 2. Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in TKA has a low incidence between 0.5 …

Background: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) represents a serious complication following
total knee arthroplasty. In the setting of chronic infections, the two-staged approach has …

Background Delivery of local drugs with a titania nanotube is an attractive approach to
combat implant-related infection. Our earlier study has confirmed that nanotubes loaded with …

Objectives To analyze the hemostatic effect of different application methods and time of
tranexamic acid (TXA) on primary unilateral total hip arthroplasty. Methods A total of 126 …

Background The current gold standard for treating chronic Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
is a 2-stage revision arthroplasty. There has been little investigation into what specific …

Purpose To determine the superior spacer design, a growing number of studies are
comparing treatment results between patients having been treated with articulating and …

Introduction Two-stage revision remains the gold standard treatment for most chronically
infected and complex total hip arthroplasty infections. To improve patient outcome and …

Aim Synovial sampling can be used in the diagnosis of peri-prosthetic joint infection (PJI).
The purpose of this study was to establish the role of simultaneous image-guided synovial …

Periprosthetic joint infection remains a major complication in arthroplasty. We present the
first description of a case of periprosthetic joint infection with Actinomyces radingae …