The management of infected total knee replacements. ³

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Freeman MA. Sudlow RA. Casewell MW. Radcliff SS. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - British Volume. 67(5):764-8, 1985 Nov. A review of patients with an infected resurfacing prosthesis is presented. Eight patients with a loose infected prosthesis were treated by a one-stage exchange arthroplasty; six others with a well-fixed infected prosthesis were treated by drainage and antibiotics. All eight treated by * exchange arthroplasty remained free of infection as did five of those treated by drainage. In four of these last five patients, the prosthesis was inserted without cement; the possible role of polymethylmethacrylate Á in the persistence of infection is discussed. *