Functional outcomes of acutely infected knee arthroplasty: a comparison of different surgical treatment options | Zendy

Ivan Dzaja | Zendy; James L. Howard | Zendy; Lyndsay Somerville | Zendy; Brent A. Lanting | Zendy

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Functional outcomes of acutely infected knee arthroplasty: a comparison of different surgical treatment options

Author(s) -

Ivan Dzaja,

James L. Howard,

Lyndsay Somerville,

Brent A. Lanting

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.017614

Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , cohort , total knee arthroplasty , retrospective cohort study , surgery , arthroplasty , charlson comorbidity index , cohort study

An infected total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can be treated with irrigation and débridement with polyethylene exchange (IDPE) or a 2-staged revision (2SR). Although research has examined infection eradication rates of both treatments, patient outcomes have not been reported. We examined patient-reported outcomes following treatment compared with matched, noninfected controls.

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