Recurrence of infection after revision of infected hip arthroplasties.
We performed revision surgery for infected arthroplasty in 98 hips (96 patients). In 28 hips infection persisted. Of the remaining 70 hips, 61 (87%) were reviewed after a mean interval of 5.9 years (1 to 17). Infection occurred in 10% of these after three years and in 26% after ten years. The infection rate after initially successful revision for septic arthroplasty is higher than after revision for aseptic loosening and the risk of developing infection continues for many years.
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Department of Orthopaedics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Krismer
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Frischhut
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013997:Time Factors