REVIEW ARTICLE


Salvage Procedures for Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection After Hip and Knee Replacements



Samer S.S. Mahmoud*, 1, Mohamed Sukeik2, Sulaiman Alazzawi2, Mohammed Shaath3, Omar Sabri4
1 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3 BW, United Kingdom
2 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, United Kingdom
3 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunay’s Road, Crumpsall, M8 5RB, United Kingdom
4 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, St Georges NHS Foundation Trust, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT, United Kingdom


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* Address correspondence to this author at the Trauma and Orthopaedics, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW, United Kingdom; Tel: +447827405988; E-mail: samermahmoud@me.com


Abstract

Background:

The increasing load placed by joint replacement surgery on health care systems makes infection, even with the lowest rates, a serious concern that needs to be thoroughly studied and addressed using all possible measures.

Methods:

A comprehensive review of the current literature on salvage procedures for recurrent PJIs using PubMed, EMBASE and CINAHL has been conducted.

Results:

Prolonged suppressive antibiotic therapy (PSAT), resection arthroplasty and arthrodesis were the most common procedures performed. Suppressive antibiotic therapy is based on the use of well tolerated long term antibiotics in controlling sensitive organisms. Resection arthroplasty which should be reserved as a last resort provided more predictable outcomes in the hip whereas arthrodesis was associated with better outcomes in the knee. Various methods for arthrodesis including internal and external fixation have been described.

Conclusion:

Despite good union and infection control rates, all methods were associated with complications occasionally requiring further surgical interventions.

Keywords: Antibiotics, Arthrodesis, Fusion, Girdlestone, Infection, Joint, Replacement, Resection.