title: The outcome of two-stage arthroplasty using a custom-made interval spacer to treat the infected hip.
abstract: Sixty-one patients undergoing a two-stage revision of an infected hip using a prosthesis of antibiotic-loaded acrylic cement were followed for an average of 43 months. Twelve patients were excluded (3 died, 6 had no proven infection, and 2 no second stage). Only 1 patient was lost to follow-up evaluation from those included, for a retrieval rate of 98% for those still living. Of the remaining 48 patients, 3 had further sepsis: Two became reinfected with different organisms and 1 with the same organism, for an infection eradication rate of 94%. The other 45 had no clinical, laboratory, or radiographic evidence of infection. Thirty-seven patients (80%) had a Harris hip score greater than 80 or an improvement of at least 30 points.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Younger
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Masri
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: McGraw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000601:surgery; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome