title: Single-stage revision of peri-prosthetic infection following total elbow replacement.
abstract: This study reviews the predisposing features, the clinical, and laboratory findings at the time of diagnosis and the results of single-stage revision of prosthetic replacement of the elbow for infection. Deep infection occurred in six of 305 (1.9%) primary total elbow replacements. The mean follow-up after revision was 6.8 years (6 months to 16 years) and the mean age at the time of revision was 62.7 years (56 to 74). All six cases with infection had rheumatoid arthritis and had received steroid therapy. The infective organism was Staphylococcus aureus. Four of the six elbows had a developed radiolucency around one component or the other. Successful single-stage exchange arthroplasty was carried out with antibiotic-loaded cement in five of the six cases. In one, the revision prosthesis had to be removed following recurrence of the infection. The functional result was good in three elbows, fair in one, poor in one and fair in the resection arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Endoklinik Hamburg, Holstenstrasse 2, D-22767 Hamburg, Germany. justus_gille@usa.net
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gille
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ince
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katzer
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Loehr
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents