%0 Journal Article %A Matthias Schnetz %A Roman Maluki %A Larissa Ewald %A Alexander Klug %A Reinhard Hoffmann %A Yves Gramlich %T Above-knee amputation shows higher complication and mortality rates in line with lower functional outcome compared to knee arthrodesis in severe periprosthetic joint infection %D 2024 %J The Bone & Joint Journal %P 669-679 %V 106-B %N 7 %R 10.1302/0301-620X.106B7.BJJ-2023-0978.R2 %U https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.106B7.BJJ-2023-0978.R2 %K Periprosthetic joint infection,Arthrodesis,Above knee amputation,Salvage procedures,Mortality,Functional outcome,Above-knee amputation,Functional outcomes,knee arthrodesis,periprosthetic joint infection (PJI),arthrodesis,knee,revision surgeries,infection,comorbidities,primary arthroplasty