Short-interval two-stage approach to primary total knee arthroplasty for acutely septic osteoarthritic knees

Publikation

Short-interval two-stage approach to primary total knee arthroplasty for acutely septic osteoarthritic knees

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 14.01.2016

Hochreiter Bettina, Strahm Carol, Behrend Henrik

Zitation

Hochreiter B, Strahm C, Behrend H. Short-interval two-stage approach to primary total knee arthroplasty for acutely septic osteoarthritic knees. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2016

Art

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)

Zeitschrift

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2016

Veröffentlichungsdatum

14.01.2016

eISSN (Online)

1433-7347

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

UNASSIGNED
Treatment strategies for advanced knee osteoarthritis with coexistent joint infection are not well established. While in periprosthetic joint infection the two-stage approach has been studied extensively, only few case reports on two-stage total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for knee osteoarthritis with coexistent joint infection have been published. The purpose of this paper was to report on our method of implementing a two-stage TKA with intervening antibiotic-loaded articulating cement spacers and a short interval between first- and second-stage procedures to treat two patients with Staphylococcus aureus-infected end-stage knee osteoarthritis. Consistent infection eradication was found at a 1-year follow-up with postoperative range of motion and knee scores comparing favourably with those of other case series. Level of evidence V.