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Total Hip Replacement

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Infections after total hip replacements are serious complications. They can be triggered either exogenously (intra- or perioperatively) or endogenously (haematogenously). In our own patient population, the infection rate was 0.82% in 1098 primary prostheses and 1.16% in 330 revisions. Considering just the predominantly exogenous infections, which almost always manifested themselves during the first 2 years, the respective infection rates were 0.4% and 0.35%. We distinguish between three types depending on the interval between operation and the manifestation of the infection:

  • Early infection: manifestation up to the end of the 3rd month

  • Delayed infection (mostly low-grade infection): from the 4th month up to 2 years after operation

  • Late infection: from the 3rd year after operation

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  1. Academisch Medisch Centrum, NL-1107, WR Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Dr. med. Mathias Schafroth (Oberarzt)

  2. Ordinarius für Innere Medizin Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Kantonsspital, CH-4410, Liestal, Switzerland

    Prof. Dr. med. Werner Zimmerli

  3. Orthopädie/Traumatologie des Bewegungsapparates, Thurgauisches Kantonsspital, CH-8500, Frauenfeld, Switzerland

    Dr. Med. Marco Brunazzi (Chefarzt)

  4. Orthopädische Klinik, Kantonsspital, CH-4410, Liestal, Switzerland

    Prof. Dr. Med. Peter Emil Ochsner (Chefarzt)

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Schafroth, M., Zimmerli, W., Brunazzi, M., Ochsner, P.E. (2003). Infections. In: Ochsner, P.E. (eds) Total Hip Replacement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55679-1_5

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