Three-stage revision arthroplasty for the treatment of fungal periprosthetic joint infection: outcome analysis of a novel treatment algorithm: a prospective study

Three-stage revision arthroplasty for the treatment of fungal periprosthetic joint infection: outcome analysis of a novel treatment algorithm: a prospective study

Aims: Fungal periprosthetic joint infections (fPJIs) are rare complications, constituting only 1% of all PJIs. Neither a uniform definition for fPJI has been established, nor a standardized treatment regimen. Compared to bacterial PJI, there is little evidence for fPJI in the literature with diverge...

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Main Authors: Hinnerk Baecker, Sven Frieler, Jan Geßmann, Stephan Pauly, Thomas A. Schildhauer, Yannik Hanusrichter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2021-08-01
Series:Bone & Joint Open
Subjects:
prosthetic joint infection
total hip arthroplasty
total knee arthroplasty
revision arthroplasty
fungal infection
fungal prosthetic joint infection
infection treatment
fpji
pji
revision joint arthroplasty
periprosthetic joint infections (pji)
infections
fungal infections
knee arthrodesis
charlson comorbidity index (cci)
joint infection
girdlestone procedures
bmi
bone cement
Online Access:https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/epdf/10.1302/2633-1462.28.BJO-2021-0002.R2

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https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/epdf/10.1302/2633-1462.28.BJO-2021-0002.R2

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