Read more

June 06, 2024
1 min read
Save

Two-stage revision THA associated with good survivorship rates, positive outcomes for PJI

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.

Key takeaways:

  • Two-stage revision total hip arthroplasty yielded good survivorship rates and patient-reported outcomes at midterm to long-term follow-up.
  • Minimum 2-year infection-free survivorship was 73.8%.

Patients who underwent two-stage revision total hip arthroplasty for periprosthetic joint infection had a minimum 2-year infection-free survivorship of 73.8% and improved patient-reported outcomes at midterm to long-term follow-up.

Researchers performed a retrospective chart review of 328 patients (mean age, 67 years) who underwent two-stage revision THA for PJI between April 1, 1999, and April 30, 2020. They assessed survivorship, reoperations and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) at a median follow-up of 7 years.

Hip replacement
Two-stage revision THA yielded good survivorship rates and patient-reported outcomes at midterm to long-term follow-up. Image: Adobe stock

Overall, researchers found a 73.8% survivorship free of infection at a minimum of 2 years and a statistically significant improvement in all PROMs from preoperative measures to latest follow-up after two-stage revision THA. They noted 59.1% of patients (n = 194) who had successful infection eradication underwent two-stage revision only.

According to the study, the most common infections were Staphylococcus aureus (12.5%) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (11%). Researchers noted patients with MRSA and polymicrobial infections had the highest reoperation rates.

“Two-stage revision THA is associated with a reasonably good success rate in the treatment of PJIs at mid[term] to long-term follow-up, with a nearly 80% success rate,” the researchers wrote in the study. “There, however, is variability in the literature as to how treatment success is defined.”