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Original Source: Risk factors for revision due to infection after primary total hip arthroplasty.
Background and purpose There has been a limited amount of research on risk factors for revision due to infection following total hip arthroplasty (THA), probably due to low absolute numbers of revisions. We therefore studied patient- and surgery-related risk factors for revision due to infection after primary THA in a population-based setting. Materials and methods Using the Danish Hip Arthroplasty Registry, we identified 80,756 primary THAs performed in Denmark between Jan 1, 1995 and Dec 31, 2008. We used...
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Report finds low infection rate for hip replacement or revision procedures at HSS
For the fourth year in a row, Hospital for Special Surgery has an infection rate that is significantly lower than the New York State average for hip replacement or revision surgeries, according to the...
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(HealthDay)—Intentionally leaving the pressure-regulating balloon in place during a non-infected artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) revision procedure is safe and is not associated with infection or...
New York, NY - HSS Recognized in New York State Department of Health Report
For the fourth year in a row, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has an infection rate that is significantly lower than the New York State average for hip replacement or revision surgeries, according...
In this issue of JAMA, Cram and colleagues report detailed analysis of primary and revision total knee replacement (TKR) performed on more than 3.2 million Medicare beneficiaries from 1991 to 2010. Th...
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There is general agreement among hospital infection preventionists (IPs) with respect to which practices have weak or strong evidence supporting their use to prevent healthcare-associated infection, a...
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Risk factors for revision due to infection after primary total hip arthroplasty.
Background and purpose There has been a limited amount of research on risk factors for revision due to infection following total hip arthroplasty (THA), probably due to low absolute numbers of revisio...
Failure following revision total knee arthroplasty: infection is the major cause.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the survivorship of revision TKA and determine the reasons and predictors for failure. Between January 1999 to December 2005, 499 total knee arthroplasty re...
What Are the Causes of Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty in Japan?
BACKGROUND: There is limited information regarding the cause of revision TKA in Asia, especially Japan. Owing to differences in patient backgrounds and lifestyles, the modes of TKA failures in Asia ma...
Infection after primary hip arthroplasty.
Background and purpose The aim of the present study was to assess incidence of and risk factors for infection after hip arthroplasty in data from 3 national health registries. We investigated differen...
In a retrospective single-centre study 170 consecutive patients were included who received a Kotz modular prosthesis after resection of bone tumours of the proximal femur to evaluate the management of...
