Is There Still a Role for Irrigation and Debridement With Liner Exchange in Acute Periprosthetic Total Knee Infection?

Duque, Andrés F; Post, Zachary D; Lutz, Rex W; Orozco, Fabio R; Pulido, Sergio H; Ong, Alvin C

Duque, Andrés F; Post, Zachary D; Lutz, Rex W; Orozco, Fabio R; Pulido, Sergio H; Ong, Alvin C.

Affiliation

Duque AF; Rothman Institute of Orthopaedics at Thomas Jefferson University, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
Post ZD; Rothman Institute of Orthopaedics at Thomas Jefferson University, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
Lutz RW; Rothman Institute of Orthopaedics at Thomas Jefferson University, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
Orozco FR; Rothman Institute of Orthopaedics at Thomas Jefferson University, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
Pulido SH; Orthopedic Department, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey.
Ong AC; Rothman Institute of Orthopaedics at Thomas Jefferson University, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.

J Arthroplasty ; 32(4): 1280-1284, 2017 04.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27876465

Subject(s)

Arthritis, Infectious/surgery; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee/adverse effects; Debridement/methods; Prosthesis-Related Infections/surgery; Therapeutic Irrigation/methods; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage; Arthritis, Infectious/etiology; Debridement/statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Knee Joint/surgery; Male; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification; Middle Aged; Polyethylene; Postoperative Period; Prosthesis-Related Infections/microbiology; Retrospective Studies; Synovectomy; Therapeutic Irrigation/statistics & numerical data; Treatment Outcome

Key words

acute periprosthetic joint infection; debridement; infection; irrigation; total knee arthroplasty

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Arthritis, Infectious / Prosthesis-Related Infections / Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Debridement / Therapeutic Irrigation Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: J Arthroplasty Journal subject: ORTOPEDIA Year: 2017 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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