Two-stage strategy in end-stage hip periprosthetic joint infection: utility of industrially prefabricated custom-made antibiotic spacers.

Matias VicenteInca VilarRosa Fraile SorianoIrina CapóPablo S Corona

Published in: Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy (2022)

Industrially custom-made spacers offer an effective and safe option in performing 2-stage exchange arthroplasty in cases of end-stage HPJI with extensive bone defects.

Keyphrases

total hip arthroplasty
bone mineral density
total hip
soft tissue
bone loss
bone regeneration
body composition