The mildly decreased preoperative bilirubin level is a risk factor for periprosthetic joint infection after total hip and knee arthroplasty.

Jun FuXiyue ChenMing NiXiang LiLibo HaoGuoqiang ZhangJi-Ying Chen

Published in: Arthroplasty (London, England) (2021)

The serum levels of TB and DB before the primary arthroplasty were lower in PJI patients than in non-PJI patients, and the preoperative values lower than 11.55 μmol/L and 4.00 μmol/L could be considered as a risk factor for postoperative PJI.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
total hip
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
patients undergoing
peritoneal dialysis
total hip arthroplasty