title: The infected total knee arthroplasty: just when you thought it was over.
abstract: Of the various options available for infected total knee arthroplasties (TKAs), a successful primary-exchange revision technique offers decreased morbidity for the patient by eliminating a second major surgery and associated hospitalization, and substantially reduces the cost associated with this dreaded condition. In 22 infected TKAs treated by a 1-stage revision and followed for an average of 10.2 years (range, 1.4-19.6 years), 90.9% were free of recurrent infection. Knee scores averaged 79.5, with 85.7% good or excellent results. The physiologic classification of the host appeared to influence the outcome of revision. All patients in class A or B (20 knees) had successful eradication of their primary infection after 1-stage revision; 2 physiologic class C patients developed early failure secondary to poor wound healing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Frederick F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Buechel
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation