Periprosthetic Joint Infection Is the Main Cause of Failure for Modern Knee Arthroplasty: An Analysis of 11,134 Knees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although large series from national joint registries may accurately reflect indications for revision TKAs, they may lack the granularity to detect the true incidence and relative importance of such indications, especially periprosthetic joint infections (PJI).

Questions/purposes

Using a combination of individual chart review supplemented with New Zealand Joint Registry data, we asked: (1) What is the cumulative incidence of revision TKA? (2) What are the common indications for revising a contemporary primary TKA? (3) Do revision TKA indications differ at various followup times after primary TKA?

Methods

We identified 11,134 primary TKAs performed between 2000 and 2015 in three tertiary referral hospitals. The New Zealand Joint Registry and individual patien

SUBMITTER: Koh CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5539036 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature