title: [Mid- to long-term results after treatment of 118 cases of periprosthetic infections after knee joint replacement using one-stage exchange surgery].
abstract: From 1976 to 1985, 157 periprosthetic infections after knee arthroplasty were treated surgically at the ENDO-Klinik in Hamburg. Of these, 118 cases underwent one-stage revision arthroplasty using specific antibiotic-loaded cement; 104 were available for analysis after a postoperative follow-up period of 5-15 years. Seventy-six cases were cured as a result of this single operation. This number was increased to 84 by a repeated operation in cases that had failed to respond to therapy. In 20 cases one-stage revision arthroplasty failed in the treatment of periprosthetic infections after replacement of the knee joint.
authors.affiliation: ENDO-Klinik Hamburg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Foerster
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Klüber
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Käbler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001174:Arthrodesis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery; D007720:Knee Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Mittel- bis langfristige Ergebnisse nach Behandlung von 118 periprothetischen Infektionen nach Kniegelenkersatz durch einzeitige Austauschoperation.