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Anemia before reimplantation surgery - An overlooked modifiable risk factor of septic revision knee arthroplasty failure.

Faustine BredecheIsabelle GounotVincent BelgaïdCaroline MacabeoKaissar RouhanaFrederic AubrunTristan FerryElvire ServienSebastien LustigMikhail Dziadzko
Published in: SICOT-J (2020)
In two-stage septic rTKA preoperative anemia was almost two times more frequent and associated with an elevated rate of septic failure. The time-frame between explantation and-re-implantation is sufficient to implement a PBM strategy for all anemic patients. Before-after studies would be of interest to determine the best PBM strategy to prevent anemia-associated septic failure in such a condition.
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