Treatment of the infected total knee arthroplasty with insertion of another prosthesis. The effect of antibiotic-impregnated bone cement. 1994

A D Hanssen, and J A Rand, and D R Osmon
Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.

Eighty-six patients with 89 infected total knee arthroplasties were treated with insertion of another prosthesis. Treatment was not according to an established protocol for parameters, such as delay between removal of the infected prosthesis and insertion of the new prosthesis, duration of antibiotics, use of antibiotic-impregnated cement spacers or beads, and use of antibiotic-impregnated cement for prosthetic fixation at revision surgery. Final followup averaged 52 months (range, 6-126 months). Complications occurred in 30 (33.7%) knees, with recurrent deep infection developing in 10 (11.24%) knees. Patient age, medical diagnosis, type of microorganism, duration of parenteral antibiotics, delay between the resection and revision surgery, and use of antibiotic-impregnated cement spacers or beads were not correlated with the cure rate of infection. Use of antibiotic-impregnated bone cement for prosthesis fixation at revision surgery was the only variable that correlated with the cure rate of deep infection. Seven (28%) of the 25 knees without antibiotic-impregnated cement for prosthesis fixation developed recurrent infection compared with 3 (4.7%) of 64 knees with antibiotic-impregnated cement for prosthesis fixation. This difference was statistically significant (p = 0.0025, log-rank test).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007720 Knee Prosthesis Replacement for a knee joint. Knee Prostheses,Prostheses, Knee,Prosthesis, Knee
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D012086 Reoperation A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery. Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D001843 Bone Cements Adhesives used to fix prosthetic devices to bones and to cement bone to bone in difficult fractures. Synthetic resins are commonly used as cements. A mixture of monocalcium phosphate, monohydrate, alpha-tricalcium phosphate, and calcium carbonate with a sodium phosphate solution is also a useful bone paste. Bone Cement,Bone Glues,Bone Pastes,Bone Glue,Bone Paste,Cement, Bone,Cements, Bone,Glue, Bone,Glues, Bone,Paste, Bone,Pastes, Bone
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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