Recent trends in revision knee arthroplasty in Germany

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-516521
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.51652

Rupp, Markus

; Walter, Nike

; Lau, Edmund

; Worlicek, Michael ; Kurtz, Steven M. ; Alt, Volker

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Abstract

We aimed to answer the following questions: (1) How did numbers of revision knee arthroplasty procedures develop in Germany over the last decade compared to primary TKA? (2) How high was the percentage of septic interventions in knee prosthesis revisions? (3) Which treatment strategy was chosen for surgical treatment of knee PJI? Revision arthroplasty rates as a function of age, gender, infection ...