E-resources
-
Peng, H M; Zhou, Z K; Zhao, J N; Wang, F; Liao, W M; Zhang, W M; Jiang, Q; Yan, S G; Cao, L; Chen, L B; Xiao, J; Xu, W H; He, R; Xia, Y Y; Xu, Y Q; Xu, P; Zuo, J L; Hu, Y H; Wang, W C; Huang, W; Wang, J C; Tao, S Q; Qian, Q R; Wang, Y Z; Zhang, Z Q; Tian, X B; Wang, W W; Jin, Q H; Zhu, Q S; Yuan, H; Shang, X F; Shi, Z J; Zheng, J; Xu, J Z; Liu, J G; Xu, W D; Weng, X S; Qiu, G X
Zhong hua yi xue za zhi, 2023-Apr-04, 20230404, Volume: 103, Issue: 13Journal Article
To investigate the rate of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) revision surgeries and clinical information of hip-/knee- PJI cases nationwide from 2015 to 2017 in China. An epidemiological investigation. A self-designed questionnaire and convenience sampling were used to survey 41 regional joint replacement centers nationwide from November 2018 to December 2019 in China. The PJI was diagnosed according to the Musculoskeletal Infection Association criteria. Data of PJI patients were obtained by searching the inpatient database of each hospital. Questionnaire entries were extracted from the clinical records by specialist. Then the differences in rate of PJI revision surgery between hip- and knee- PJI revision cases were calculated and compared. Total of 36 hospitals (87.8%) nationwide reported data on 99 791 hip and knee arthroplasties performed from 2015 to 2017, with 946 revisions due to PJI (0.96%). The overall hip-PJI revision rate was 0.99% (481/48 574), and it was 0.97% (135/13 963), 0.97% (153/15 730) a
