Which Patients with Chronic Periprosthetic Joint Infection Are Less Suitable to Successful Two Stage Exchange Arthroplasty Surgery? A Retrospective Clinical Trial.
Alberto Di MartinoGabriele Di CarloDavide PederivaValentino RossomandoFederico PillaMatteo BrunelloClaudio D'AgostinoLeonardo TassinariEleonora ZampariniCesare FaldiniPublished in: Clinics and practice (2023)
Patients with major depression, or those hosting polymicrobial periprosthetic hip infections, are more susceptible to failure of TSE arthroplasty procedures for chronic PJIs, hampering THA reimplantation. Current findings may drive further research and contribute to the understanding of the role of these risk factors in chronic PJI patients.