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Management of the Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty

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There are now several approaches to the infected knee, but complete eradication of infection seems to be near impossible. The treatment protocols include incision and drainage, immediate exchange, and two-stage reimplantation. There are multiple modifications to these approaches that do help to decrease the overall incidence of infection.

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  1. Orthopedic Center of New Jersey, Somerset, NJ, USA

    Alfred J. Tria MD

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Joshua Bingham MD, Mark J. Spangehl MD, FRCSC & Henry D. Clarke MD

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Helios Endo-Klinik Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Thorsten Gehrke MD, Akos Zahar MD & Mustafa Citak MD, PhD

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Majd Tarabichi MD

  5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Javad Parvizi MD, FRCS

  6. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    David N. Shau MD, MBA & George N. Guild III MD

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Tria, A.J. et al. (2018). Management of the Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty. In: Tria, A., Scuderi, G., Cushner, F. (eds) Complex Cases in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69380-4_9

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