Are We Winning or Losing the Battle With Periprosthetic Joint Infection: Trends in Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Mortality Risk for the Medicare Population

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a potentially deadly complication of total joint arthroplasty. This study was designed to address how the incidence of PJI and outcome of treatment, including mortality, are changing in the population over time. Primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total k...

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Published in:	The Journal of arthroplasty Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 3238 - 3245
Main Authors:	Kurtz, Steven M., Lau, Edmund C., Son, Min-Sun, Chang, Ellen T., Zimmerli, Werner, Parvizi, Javad
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2018
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Arthritis, Infectious - etiology Arthritis, Infectious - mortality Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip - adverse effects Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - adverse effects cancer Female Humans Incidence infection Male Medicare mortality Proportional Hazards Models Prosthesis-Related Infections - etiology Prosthesis-Related Infections - mortality Risk Factors total hip arthroplasty total knee arthroplasty United States - epidemiology United States mortality total hip arthroplasty total knee arthroplasty infection cancer
ISSN:	0883-5403, 1532-8406, 1532-8406
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