Is the Proportion of Patients with "Successful" Outcomes After Two-stage Revision for Prosthetic Joint Infection Different When Applying the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Outcome Reporting Tool Compared with the Delphi-based Consensus Criteria?

CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated that the MSIS criteria detect fewer instances of "successful" infection management after two-stage resection arthroplasty for PJI than the Delphi method in this cohort. Based on these findings, researchers and surgeons should aim for standardized reporting after intervention for PJI to allow for a better comparison of outcomes across different studies and ultimately allow for improved techniques and approaches to the treatment of PJI.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, diagnostic study.
PMID: 33543876 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - February 4, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Borsinger TM, Pierce DA, Hanson TM, Werth PM, Orem AR, Moschetti WE Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research