Version 1
: Received: 22 August 2024 / Approved: 22 August 2024 / Online: 23 August 2024 (04:14:18 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 26 August 2024 / Approved: 26 August 2024 / Online: 27 August 2024 (17:01:55 CEST)
How to cite:
Spinarelli, A.; Moretti, B.; Catalano, M.; Smaldino, M.; Solarino, G. Periprosthetic Knee Infection: From Diagnosis to Surgery. Preprints2024, 2024081663. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.1663.v2
Spinarelli, A.; Moretti, B.; Catalano, M.; Smaldino, M.; Solarino, G. Periprosthetic Knee Infection: From Diagnosis to Surgery. Preprints 2024, 2024081663. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.1663.v2
Spinarelli, A.; Moretti, B.; Catalano, M.; Smaldino, M.; Solarino, G. Periprosthetic Knee Infection: From Diagnosis to Surgery. Preprints2024, 2024081663. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.1663.v2
APA Style
Spinarelli, A., Moretti, B., Catalano, M., Smaldino, M., & Solarino, G. (2024). Periprosthetic Knee Infection: From Diagnosis to Surgery. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.1663.v2
Chicago/Turabian Style
Spinarelli, A., Marco Smaldino and Giuseppe Solarino. 2024 "Periprosthetic Knee Infection: From Diagnosis to Surgery" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.1663.v2
Abstract
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the major complications resulting from the implantation of a joint prosthesis. Staphylococci are responsible for more than 50% of prosthetic infections, about 20% can be polymicrobial, 15% are gram-negative and about 10% of cultures are negative. The complete eradication of the infection is extremely difficult. For a correct treatment is first of all useful to perform a clinical staging based on the anatomical location of the infection and on the immune characteristics of the host. However, regardless the area of infection, the role of the surgeon is crucial, firstly in terms of timing and secondly in assessing the degree of invasiveness of the infected and necrotic tissues required. The goal of the treatment must be to eradicate the infection ensuring the maximum functional result.
Keywords
TKA; Infection; PJI
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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