Long-Term Patient-Related Quality of Life after Knee Periprosthetic Joint Infection

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-447152
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.44715

Walter, Nike

; Rupp, Markus

; Hierl, Katja ; Koch, Matthias ; Kerschbaum, Maximilian

; Worlicek, Michael ; Alt, Volker

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Abstract

Background: We aimed to evaluate the impact of knee periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) by assessing the patients' long-term quality of life and explicitly their psychological wellbeing after successful treatment. Methods: Thirty-six patients with achieved eradication of infection after knee PJI were included. Quality of life was evaluated with the EQ-5D and SF-36 outcome instruments as well as ...