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: Hip fractures are always associated with a high postoperative mortality, the
preoperative predictors for mortality have neither been well identified or summarised. This …

Surgical site occurrences (SSOs) affect up to or over 25% of patients undergoing operative
procedures, with the subset of surgical site infections (SSIs) being the most common …

Objectives To identify a cut point in annual surgeon volume associated with increased risk of
complications after primary elective total hip arthroplasty and to quantify any risk identified …

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 …

Background Whether prolonged operative time is an independent risk factor for subsequent
surgical site infection (SSI) and periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following total joint …

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 …

This study evaluated the efficacy of a dilute Betadine (Purdue Pharma, Stamford, Conn)
lavage in preventing early deep postoperative infection after total hip (THA) and knee (TKA) …

Background The volume of joint replacement surgery has risen steadily in recent years,
because the population is aging and increasingly wishes to preserve a high functional status …

Backgroud Surigical site infection has been a challenge for surgeons for many years, the
prevalence of serum albumin< 3.5 g/dL has been reported to be associated with increased …