TREATMENT OF EARLY PERIPROSTHETIC INFECTION AT HIP REPLACEMENT

Abstract

We carried out the analysis of results of treatment of patients with early periprosthetic infection after total hip replacement with use of tactics aimed at the preservation of an implant and function of the operated joint, based on a multi-stage surgical rehabilitation, clinical and. laboratory monitoring of the wound healing process. The efficiency of chosen tactics in 83 % of cases was shown. Based on these results an algorithm for treatment of early periprosthetic infection at the hip replacement that can be recommended for widespread use in clinical practice was offered.

Keywords

• endoprosthesis replacement
• periprosthetic infection
• implant-associated infection
• surgical site infection