Fellowship Training in Arthroplasty Improves Treatment Success of Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention for Periprosthetic Knee Infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) is a well-accepted surgical strategy for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). DAIR in TKA may be incorrectly thought of as a "simple" procedure not requiring formal specialized training in arthroplasty. Currently, there are no studies comparing the risk of treatment failure based on surgeon fellowship training.

Methods

A retrospective review was performed of consecutive patients who underwent DAIR for TKA PJI at our institution. Two cohorts were created based on whether DAIR was performed by an arthroplasty fellowship-trained (FT) surgeon or nonarthroplasty fellowship-trained (NoFT) surgeon. Primary outcome was treatment failure following DAIR at a minimum of 1 year pos

SUBMITTER: Tubin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11200284 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature