The two leading causes of failure for joint arthroplasty prostheses are aseptic loosening and
periprosthetic joint infection. With the number of primary and revision joint replacement …

Total hip arthroplasty is a cost-effective surgical procedure undertaken to relieve pain and
restore function to the arthritic hip joint. More than 1 million arthroplasties are done every …

Background Despite the excellent outcomes associated with primary total hip arthroplasty
(THA), implant failure and revision continues to burden the healthcare system. THA failure …

Titanium (Ti) and titanium alloys have become widely used as biomedical materials in
orthopedics because of their good machinability, corrosion resistance, low elastic modulus …

Bioceramics have been widely utilized for orthopaedic applications in which the
biocompatibility and mechanical properties of the materials are vital characteristics to be …

Implant related infections are the most common cause of joint arthroplasty failure, requiring
revision surgeries and a new implant, resulting in a cost of $8.6 billion annually. To address …

Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is associated with poor clinical outcomes and is expensive to
treat. Although uncommon overall (affecting between 0.5% and 2.2% of cases), PJI is one of …

Background Misconceptions and errors in the management of periprosthetic joint infection
(PJI) can compromise the treatment success. The goal of this paper is to systematically …

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) recently published guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection. The WHO …

We examined patient and surgical factors associated with deep surgical site infection (SSI)
following total hip replacement (THR) in a large integrated healthcare system. A …