Treatment for culture-negative periprosthetic joint infection after total hip arthroplasty with revision / 局解手术学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objectives To compare the effect of one-stage revision and two-stage revision for the treatment of culture-negative peripros-thetic joint infection after total hip arthroplasty.Methods A retrospective study was conducted with the clinical data of 41 patients who had chronic periprosthetic joint infection after total hip arthroplasty and then underwent one or two-stage revision surgery from February 2006 to February 2014.The patients were divided into two groups according to different surgical way,namely the 16 patients who received the one-stage revision surgery were regarded as the OSR group,and the other 25 cases who underwent the two-stage revision surgery were regarded as the TSR group.The clinical efficacy of the two surgical way were assessed with Harris Hip score,visual analogue scale (VAS),and rate of infection clearance.Results The average duration of follow up was 29.7 months (9 to 48 months).At the last follow-up,Harris Hip score of TSR group was higher than that of the OSR group,and the difference was statistically significant (P =0.04),and the VAS score of TSR group was lower than that of the OSR group with statistical differences (P =0.02).Additionally,the rate of infection clearance in TSR group was significantly higher than OSR group (P =0.04).Conclusion Culture-negative periprosthetic joint infection can be effectively controled by one or two-stage revision surgery.However,patients got a better prognosis after two-stage revision surgery.