Unexpected positive cultures in patients with arthrofibrosis following total hip and total knee arthroplasty.

Yuri Lara-TaranchenkoTiago MoreiraN Amir SandifordErnesto Guerra-FarfánThorsten GehrkeAhmad Shoib Sharqzad

Published in: International orthopaedics (2023)

Our results suggest that the incidence of UPC in patients with arthrofibrosis is low. It is lower than that of UPC in patients that undergo a revision for other causes. There is no proven relationship between histologically confirmed arthrofibrosis following total joint arthroplasty and prosthetic joint infection.

Keyphrases

total knee arthroplasty
total hip
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes