Thomas Fehring, Jesse Otero, Brian Curtin, Keith Fehring, Rory Metcalf, Taylor Rowe, Bryan Springer
INTRODUCTION: Two-Stage exchange arthroplasty is currently the preferred treatment method for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). The effectiveness of this strategy in returning patients to premorbid function has recently been challenged. In a review of 18, 535 PJI knee patients, 38% did not undergo reimplantation (17). In another review of 18,156 hip and knee PJI patients, 43% did not undergo reimplantation (16). These disturbing statistics led us to ask whether treatment at a specialized prosthetic joint infection center could improve the rate of reimplantation compared to the previously noted studies from large national administrative databases...
March 31, 2023: Journal of Arthroplasty