Treatment of a Recurrent Periprosthetic Joint Infection with an Intramedullary Knee Arthrodesis System with Low-Amount Metallic Silver Coating

V. Alt; C. Heiss; M. Rupp

doi:10.7150/jbji.34484

Journal of Bone and Joint Infection (Apr 2019)

Treatment of a Recurrent Periprosthetic Joint Infection with an Intramedullary Knee Arthrodesis System with Low-Amount Metallic Silver Coating

V. Alt,
C. Heiss,
M. Rupp

Affiliations

V. Alt: Department of Trauma Surgery, Regensburg University Medical Center, Germany
C. Heiss: Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Giessen-Marburg, Campus Giessen, Germany
M. Rupp: Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Giessen-Marburg, Campus Giessen, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.34484
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4
pp. 111 – 114

Abstract

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We present a case of a recurrent periprosthetic knee infection treated with an intramedullary arthrodesis system coated with low amounts of metallic silver. After a follow-up of 26 months, the patient remained infection free and no silver-related complications were detected. Silver serum concentrations remained below the detection limit of 2 ppb.

Published in Journal of Bone and Joint Infection

ISSN: 2206-3552 (Online)
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: https://www.journal-of-bone-and-joint-infection.net/

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