The Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Epidemiology of the Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty: Incidence, Causes and the Burden of Disease.- Microbiological concepts of the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Preoperative optimization to prevent an infected total knee arthroplasty: Host factors.- Depilation and skin preparation to prevent an infected total knee arthroplasty.- Antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infection in total knee arthroplasty.- Preoperative screening and eradication of infection.- Clinical diagnosis of the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Diagnosis by imaging of the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Serological markers of infection in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- The role of knee aspiration in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Histological diagnosis in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Intra-operative Cultures for the Suspected Total Knee Arthroplasty Infection.- Sonication of removed implants in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Antibiotic suppression in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Arthroscopic debridement of infected total knee arthroplasty.- Open debridement and polyethylene exchange (ODPE) in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- One-stage revision arthroplasty in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Two-stage revision of infected total knee arthroplasty.- Knee arthrodesis in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Above Knee Amputation in the Treatment of Failed Septic Total Knee Arthroplasty.