Lower Rates of Re-Operation Following Partial or Complete Revision Arthroplasty Compared to Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention for Early Postoperative and Acute Hematogenous Periprosthetic Hip Infection.

This study aimed to: 1) compare treatment outcomes between debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) and partial or complete revision arthroplasty (RA) for early postoperative and acute hematogenous total hip arthroplasty (THA) periprosthetic joint injection (PJI) and 2) identify factors associated with treatment outcome.

Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - March 24, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Nicholas Tubin, Jonathan Bourget-Murray, Antoine Bureau, Jared Morris, Marisa Ann Azad, Hesham Abdelbary, George Grammatopoulos, Simon Garceau Source Type: research