Articulating vs Static Spacers for Native Knee Infection in the Setting of Degenerative Joint Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with advanced knee arthritis who develop a septic joint are not adequately treated with irrigation and debridement and intravenous antibiotics because of antecedent cartilage damage. The gold standard treatment has been a 2-stage approach. The periprosthetic joint infection literature has demonstrated the superiority of articulating spacers, and metal-on-poly (MOP) spacers are being used with increasing frequency. The purpose of this study was to compare the postoperative outcomes of patients with infected, arthritic knees treated by a 2-stage approach to those of patients who received single-stage treatment with a MOP spacer.

Methods

Sixteen patients with native knee septic arthritis treated with an antibiotic spacer between 1998 and 2019 were reviewed.

SUBMITTER: Hooper J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7966924 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature