How many debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) procedure(s) are acceptable in management of patients with acute periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) of a primary arthroplasty before removal of components needs to be performed?

How many debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) procedure(s) are acceptable in management of patients with acute periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) of a primary arthroplasty before removal of components needs to be performed?

Authors: Fabio Catani, Lazaros Poultsides, Henry Flores, Andrea Giorgini, Georgios K. Triantafyllopoulos, Arjun Saxena

RECOMMENDATION: After one failed DAIR procedure, strong consideration should be given to removal of components.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Limited

DELEGATE VOTE: Agree: 86%, Disagree: 13%, Abstain: 1% (Super Majority, Strong Consensus)

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