Renal complications in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SK Kunutsor, JA Laukkanen - Annals of medicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Emerging data suggest that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has
extrapulmonary manifestations but its renal manifestations are not clearly defined. We aimed …

[PDF][PDF] Management of periprosthetic joint infection

C Li, N Renz, A Trampuz - Hip & pelvis, 2018 - synapse.koreamed.org
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication after arthroplasty, which is
associated with pain, prolonged hospital stay, multiple surgeries, functional incapacitation …

Patient-related risk factors for periprosthetic joint infection after total joint arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SK Kunutsor, MR Whitehouse, AW Blom, AD Beswick… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are dreaded complications of total joint
arthroplasties. The risk of developing PJIs is likely to be influenced by several patient factors …

Chronic implant-related bone infections—can immune modulation be a therapeutic strategy?

E Seebach, KF Kubatzky - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Chronic implant-related bone infections are a major problem in orthopedic and trauma-
related surgery with severe consequences for the affected patients. As antibiotic resistance …

Re-infection outcomes following one-and two-stage surgical revision of infected knee prosthesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SK Kunutsor, MR Whitehouse, E Lenguerrand… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication of total knee
arthroplasty. Two-stage revision is the most widely used technique and considered as the …

Risk factors associated with revision for prosthetic joint infection after hip replacement: a prospective observational cohort study

E Lenguerrand, MR Whitehouse… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background The risk of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is influenced by patient, surgical, and
health-care factors. Existing evidence is based on short-term follow-up. It does not …

Novel approaches to combat medical device-associated biofilms

X Li, L Sun, P Zhang, Y Wang - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention for periprosthetic joint infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of treatment outcomes

SK Kunutsor, AD Beswick, MR Whitehouse, V Wylde… - Journal of Infection, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives We aimed to assess infection control rates after DAIR in patients with
periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following joint arthroplasty and evaluate factors associated …

What is the long-term economic societal effect of periprosthetic infections after THA? A Markov analysis

TJ Parisi, JF Konopka, HS Bedair - Clinical Orthopaedics and …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background Current estimates for the direct costs of a single episode of care for
periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after THA are approximately USD 100,000. These …

Single vs 2-stage revision for the treatment of periprosthetic joint infection

BJ Kildow, CJ Della-Valle, BD Springer - The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2020 - Elsevier
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most devastating complications following total
joint arthroplasty, accounting for a projected 10,000 revision surgeries per year by 2030 …