The Effect of Retained Hardware on Failure Among Prosthetic Joint Infections of the Knee in the Presence and Absence of Staphylococcus aureus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The risk of failure associated with different surgical strategies for prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) among patients with and without Staphylococcus aureus is uncertain. The purpose of this study was to assess whether S. aureus modifies the association between retained hardware and failure following revision surgery for PJI of the knee.

Methods

This was a single-center retrospective cohort study of 106 first PJIs of the knee between 2016 and 2020 at a rural academic medical center. The exposure was retained hardware following revision surgery for PJI, and the outcomes were recurrent infection, any infection, and a composite outcome including any infection, unplanned revision, failure to undergo reimplantation, amputation, or death within 2 years o

SUBMITTER: Kim JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11196895 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature