Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 95-B, Issue SUPP_34 | Pages 68 - 68
1 Dec 2013
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Infection following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a catastrophic complication. In the United States, for chronic, first time infected TKA, the gold standard remains a 2-stage reimplantation (2SR) procedure, with reported success rates approaching 90%. However, there is a lack of consensus on the treatment of subsequent reinfections. The purpose of this study was to use published data on infected TKA to develop a decision tree analysis to determine the treatment method likely to yield the highest quality of life for a patient following a failed 2SR.Introduction
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