Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a tremendous burden for individual patients as well as the
global health care industry. While a small minority of joint arthroplasties will become …

Total joint arthroplasties are increasing in the total number of procedures performed yearly
given excellent functional improvement for the patient, and improvement in overall quality of …

Infections with multiresistant bacteria have become a serious problem in joint arthroplasty.
This study reports about in vitro antibacterial activity against multiresistant bacteria and in …

Abstract Background In North America, a two-stage exchange arthroplasty remains the
preferred surgical treatment for chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Currently, there …

The Control of Infection Committee at a specialist orthopaedic hospital prospectively
collected data on all episodes of bacteriologically-proven deep infection arising after primary …

Background: Two-stage exchange arthroplasty remains the preferred method to treat
periprosthetic joint infection. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical course of …

The aim of our study was to determine the current incidence and outcome of infected total
knee arthroplasty (TKA) in our unit comparing them with our earlier audit in 1986, which had …

Background: Prosthetic replacement following excision of a bone tumor can be complicated
by infection because patients who undergo surgery for a neoplastic condition often are …

Abstract Between January 1989 and December 1994, 94 patients (96 knees) had a two-
stage reimplantation for treatment of an infected total knee arthroplasty. All patients were …

Objectives We describe rates of success for two-stage revision of prosthetic joint infection
(PJI), including data on reimplantation microbiology. Methods We retrospectively collected …