Is long time to reimplantation a risk factor for reinfection in two-stage revision for periprosthetic infection? A systematic review of the literature

The two-stage revision arthroplasty is a common treatment option for chronic periprosthetic infection (PJI). The time to reimplantation (TTR) reported in the literature varies substantially from a few days to several hundred days. It is hypothesized that longer TTR could be associated with worse inf...

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Main Authors: Jan Puetzler, Martin Schulze, Georg Gosheger, Jan Schwarze, Burkhard Moellenbeck, Christoph Theil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1113006/full