Results presented at The Musculoskeletal infection Society Annual Meeting revealed that single-stage arthroplasty may be a viable alternative to a two-stage procedure in patients without previous infection surgery, bone or soft tissues compromise.
“Based on the results of our study, we found that at our institution single-stage [exchange] Had a lower rate for re-revision and a higher rate for 1-year [periprosthetic joint infection] PJI and a greater rate of [Musculoskeletal Infection Society] MSIS surgical success for the overall cohort,” Ryan M. Sutton, MD, said in his presentation. “But
