Unexpected positive cultures in revision total knee arthroplasty after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
Yuri Lara-TaranchenkoTiago MoreiraAbdullah A AlfarajN Amir SandifordErnesto Guerra-FarfánThorsten GehrkeAhmad Shoib SharqzadPublished in: International orthopaedics (2024)
The prevalence of unexpected positive cultures in patients following revision of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is lower than in patients who undergo a revision of total knee arthroplasty. In UKA patients a UPC does not seem to increase the risk of a re-intervention, so it can be safely ignored if ICM criteria are not met.