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• Published Subscription 25 Aug 2022

  Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Intermittent Irrigation with Systemic Antibiotic Suppression followed by One-stage Revision in Delayed Periprosthetic Hip Infection Cases: Reinfection Rate

  By Hyon-U Pak, Yong-Gwang Jo, Hui-Man Kim, Kwang-Hyok Pak, Sung-Gwon Won, Tong-Su Kim, Song-Gyu Ra

  Abstract: Background: Success rate of one-stage revision remains controversial in patients with delayed periprosthetic joint infection after primary cementless hip arthroplasty. We evaluated the reinfection-free efficacy of negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and intermittent pulsatile irrigation (IPR) using chlorhexidine/povidone iodide combined with systemic antibiotic suppression (SAS) followed by one-stage exchange procedure with NPWT in those patients. Materials and Method: Reinfection rate was assessed in randomly selected forty-two cases (group A) with NPWT-IPR-SAS …

  Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Surgery · Vol. 11, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 7–15 Read article →