The Effect of Spacer Treatment of Infected Hip and Knee Arthroplasties on Patients' Mental Health: A Narrative Review of the Literature.

Donato Di GennaroGiannantonio ColettaEnrico Festa Domenico De MauroMaria RizzoLuca DianaGiovanni BalatoMassimo Mariconda

Published in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)

Patients with the spacer are living in a state of mental upset, albeit better than the preoperative state. Clinical improvement with the review is not assured. The alteration of mental state turns out not to be transient for all the patients.

Keyphrases

mental health
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
brain injury
patient reported