Purpose The best method for treating chronic periprosthetic knee infection remains
controversial. Randomized, comparative studies on treatment modalities are lacking. This …

Background: The so-called gold standard for treatment of periprosthetic joint infection
following total knee arthroplasty is two-stage reimplantation. However, it is unclear whether …

Purpose Infection following knee replacement is an important cause of failure despite
rigorous prophylaxis antibiotic protocols. The two-stage reimplantation procedure is …

Background Two-stage exchange arthroplasty is a standard approach for treating total knee
arthroplasty periprosthetic joint infection in the United States, but whether this should be …

Infection is an unfortunate complication of total knee arthroplasty. Current literature supports
2-stage reimplantation as the gold standard. Controversy exists whether static or articulating …

The purpose of this systematic review was to compare the outcomes of static to articulating
antibiotic spacers used in two-stage revision total knee arthroplasty. 48 reports with a total of …

The gold standard for treating chronic periprosthetic joint infection is still considered to be
double-stage exchange revision. The purpose of this review is to analyse the difference in …

Background and purpose Two-stage revision remains the gold standard in the treatment of
infected knee arthroplasty. Lately, good long-term results of direct exchange arthroplasty …

This retrospective study compares treatment results of infected total knee arthroplasty with 2-
stage exchange technique using 14 articulating spacers using metallic and polyethylene …

Periprosthetic infection after total knee arthroplasty is a devastating complication, and two-
stage exchange is the standard of care in North America. Articulating and static spacers …