Sentences with phrase «prosthetic joint infections»
While prosthetic joint infection rates are low, when they do occur they are exceptionally difficult to treat.
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A new study in today's issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found minimal risk for severe infection with osseointegrated implants — a newer prosthetic system, press - fitted directly into the femur bone — that enables bone growth over a metal, robotic prosthetic limb in patients with above knee amputations.
Current treatment for an infection in a prosthetic knee involves removal of the biofilm - covered joint, placement of a temporary spacer, a six - week course of intravenous antibiotics, and then a second knee - replacement surgery that's more complex to perform than the original surgery.
Patients who have prosthetic joints are at risk of an infection «seeding,» or anchoring, at the site of the metal, ceramic, or plastic device.
The most common reasons for readmission were postoperative infection (8 percent), infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis (6 percent), hematoma complications during a procedure (3 percent) and dislocation of a prosthetic joint (3 percent).