Efficacy of a Novel Intraoperative Surgical Irrigant in Preventing Periprosthetic Joint Infections in Primary Knee, Hip, and Shoulder Arthroplasties : A Retrospective Analysis

© 2024 The Authors. Orthopaedic Surgery published by Tianjin Hospital and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd..

OBJECTIVE: Primary joint arthroplasty (JA) is one of the most common operating room (OR) procedures, with knee and hip arthroplasties being listed in the top five most frequent OR procedures and while not as common, shoulder arthroplasties are increasing at greater rates than knee and hip arthroplasties. Periprosthetic joint/shoulder infections (PJI/PSI) are a devastating complication of primary JAs with infection prevention deemed as the single most important strategy in combating them. The objective of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the efficacy of XPERIENCE® Advanced Surgical Irrigation (XP) in preventing PJI following primary joint arthroplasty.

METHODS: This is a retrospective study of primary knee, hip and shoulder arthroplasties that were performed by multiple orthopedic surgeons at a single hospital setting. XPERIENCE was used as an intraoperative surgical irrigant either solely, or with other intraoperative practices for prevention of infection. Incidence of acute PJI occurring within 90 days of index surgery were retrospectively collated.

RESULTS: Four hundred and twenty-three (423) primary joint replacement surgeries treated intraoperatively with XP, were evaluated for acute PJI incidence. Retrospective evaluations determined that 95% of the subjects had at least one risk factor predisposing them to PJI. There were zero PJIs diagnosed in the knee and hip arthroplasty cohorts and zero PSIs diagnosed in the shoulder arthroplasty cohorts.

CONCLUSION: The absence of PJI/PSI diagnoses in the JA cohorts treated intraoperatively with XP indicates that it could be an efficacious antimicrobial irrigant in preventing PJI, and warrants being evaluated in prospective, randomized controlled clinical trials as the sole intraoperative irrigant, as well as in combination with the other intraoperative infection prevention regimens evaluated in this retrospective study.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Orthopaedic surgery - (2024) vom: 16. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Williams, Marshall [VerfasserIn]
Harris, Robert M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biofilm
Intraoperative irrigant
Journal Article
Periprosthetic joint infection
Primary joint arthroplasty
Retrospective study

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Date Revised 16.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1111/os.14052

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NLM371164583