Authors: Jean-Yves Jenny, Yale Fillingham
RECOMMENDATION: Patients with active septic arthritis or chronic osteomyelitis of the hip or knee may be best treated with a two-stage arthroplasty. Evidence would suggest a limited risk of infections recurrence following a one-stage arthroplasty in the presence of a quiescent septic
arthritis.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Limited
DELEGATE VOTE: Agree: 85%, Disagree: 11%, Abstain: 4% (Super Majority, Strong Consensus)
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