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Arthroplasty Today, 2023 Background: Periprosthetic fractures are a devastating complication of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and are associated with significantly higher mortality rates in the postoperative period.
Brandon E. Lung, MD +7 more
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Periprosthetic Infection in Joint Replacement [PDF]
Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2017 The volume of joint replacement surgery has risen steadily in recent years, because the population is aging and increasingly wishes to reserve a high functional status onward into old age. Infection is among the more common complications of joint replacement surgery, arising in 0.2% to 2% of patients, or as many as 9% in special situations such as the ...
Christina, Otto-Lambertz +4 more
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Arthroplasty Today, 2019 A 74-year-old male presented with acute right knee pain and inability to ambulate. The patient had a total knee arthroplasty, previously complicated by a periprosthetic femur fracture requiring surgical fixation and subsequent methicillin-resistant ...
Trevor R. Tooley, BS +2 more
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Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection [PDF]
Hip & Pelvis, 2018 Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication after arthroplasty, which is associated with pain, prolonged hospital stay, multiple surgeries, functional incapacitation, and even mortality. Using scientific and efficient management protocol including modern diagnosis and treatment of PJI and eradication of infection is possible in a ...
Cheng Li, Nora Renz, Andrej Trampuz
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Combined bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-MDP and 99mTc-ciprofloxacin in differentiation of hip and knee prosthesis aseptic loosening and infection: A preliminary study [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2017 Background/Aim. Although the number of new primary implantation of hip and knee prostheses every year increases, the rate of failed arthroplasty is nearly the same.
Pucar Dragan +9 more
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Biofilms in Periprosthetic Orthopedic Infections [PDF]
Future Microbiology, 2014 As the number of total joint arthroplasty and internal fixation procedures continues to rise, the threat of infection following surgery has significant clinical implications. These infections may have highly morbid consequences to patients, who often endure additional surgeries and lengthy exposures to systemic antibiotics, neither of which are ...
McConoughey, Stephen J +7 more
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Fungal Periprosthetic Infection after Total Knee Arthroplasty (Case Report and Review)
Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2019 The rate of periprosthetic infection (PJI) following primary total knee arthroplasty ranges from 0,5 to 6%, while after the revision arthroplasty PJI rate grows up to 13,6%.
S. A. Bozhkova +3 more
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Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2021 Background. Periprosthetic infection is a devastating complication that influences the duration of treatment and patients life quality. Debridement, Antibiotics and Implant Retention (DAIR) is considered as least invasive surgery patients with stable ...
A. S. Tryapichnikov +3 more
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Гений oртопедии, 2023 Background Periprosthetic infection develops in 0.5 to 5.0 % of cases after knee replacement, which is a social and economic problem. The most common causes of periprosthetic infection are methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (36 %), gram ...
Stanislav A. Linnik +11 more
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DOES TOPICAL USE OF GENTAMICIN REDUCE THE INFECTION RATE IN PRIMARY TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY? [PDF]
Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2019 Objective: To determine whether the topical use of gentamicin reduces periprosthetic joint infection rates in primary total hip arthroplasty (THA). Methods: We retrospectively evaluated two cohorts of patients who underwent primary THA in a university ...
Caio Luiz de Toledo Oliveira +4 more
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