Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a major complication of prosthetic implantation and needs a combined surgical and antimicrobial treatment. One-stage revision results usually in similar cure rate than two-stage (around 85–92%), but antibiotic therapy duration is not well established. The aim of study was to evaluate the efficacy of a short six-weeks antibiotic course in hip and knee PJIs after one-stage replacement arthroplasty (RA). This was a retrospective, observational study conducted at Orthopaedic Department of Cochin Hospital, Paris, between 1stJanuary 2010 and 31 December 2015. Inclusion criteria were: age>18 years; clinical/microbiological diagnosis of PJI; one-stage RA; 6-weeks course of antibiotics; follow-up of at least one year. PJIs were classified depending on the delay of infection from implantation as: early(<3 months), delayed(3–24 months), late(>24 months). Pearson's-χ2 and Aim
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Total hip replacement (THR) is one of the most widely used and most successful orthopedic procedures performed in developed countries. The burden of revision surgery, however, has become a major issue in terms of both volume and cost. Technical errors at the time of the index operation are known to be associated with an increased rate of revision. Statistical methods, such as the CUSUM test, which have been developed for the manufacturing industry to monitor the quality of products, have come to the attention of health-care workers as a result of centers with protracted periods of inadequate performance. In orthopedics, these methods have been used to monitor the quality of total hip replacement in a tertiary care department using conventional imaging techniques. Biplane low-dose X-ray imaging (EOS) may allow an easy, patient-friendly, way to retrieve data on the position of implants immediately postoperatively. Therefore real-time feedback is provided to surgeons and performance adjusted accordingly To assess the usefullness of EOS imaging in providing the position of implants immediately postoperativelyIntroduction
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