Ahmad, Sufian S; Huber, Kim; Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios Stergios; Kleer, Barbara Katharina; Kohlhof, Hendrik; Schär, Michael; Eggli, Stefan; Kohl, Sandro (2013). The cement prosthesis-like spacer: an intermediate halt on the road to healing. Scientific World Journal, 2013, p. 763434. 10.1155/2013/763434
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)BACKGROUND
Periprosthetic infections remain a devastating problem in the field of joint arthroplasty. In the following study, the results of a two-stage treatment protocol for chronic periprosthetic infections using an intraoperatively molded cement prosthesis-like spacer (CPLS) are presented.
METHODS
Seventy-five patients with chronically infected knee prosthesis received a two-stage revision procedure with the newly developed CPLS between June 2006 and June 2011. Based on the microorganism involved, patients were grouped into either easy to treat (ETT) or difficult to treat (DTT) and treated accordingly. Range of motion (ROM) and the knee society score (KSS) were utilized for functional assessment.
RESULTS
Mean duration of the CPLS implant in the DTT group was 3.6 months (range 3-5 months) and in the ETT group 1.3 months (range 0.7-2.5 months). Reinfection rates of the final prosthesis were 9.6% in the ETT and 8.3% in the DTT group with no significant difference between both groups regarding ROM or KSS (P = 0.87, 0.64, resp.).
CONCLUSION
The results show that ETT patients do not necessitate the same treatment protocol as DTT patients to achieve the same goal, emphasizing the need to differentiate between therapeutic regimes. We also highlight the feasibility of CLPS in two-stage protocols.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery |
UniBE Contributor: |
Ahmad, Sufian, Evangelopoulos, Dimitrios Stergios, Schär, Michael, Kohl, Sandro |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1537-744X |
Submitter: |
Stephanie Schmutz |
Date Deposited: |
24 Feb 2014 11:02 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:28 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1155/2013/763434 |
PubMed ID: |
24198728 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/42279 |
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