Worse outcome of debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention in acute hematogenous infections than in postsurgical infections after total knee arthroplasty: a multicenter study.
Moon Jong ChangDu Hyun RoTae Woo KimYong Seuk LeeHyuk-Soo HanChong Bum ChangSeung-Baik KangMyung Chul LeePublished in: Knee surgery & related research (2022)
The failure rate tended to be higher in the acute hematogenous PJI group than in the acute postsurgical PJI group. Since acute hematogenous infections may recur for a longer period than postsurgical infections, careful follow-up is required after DAIR.