Clinical Study
Two-Stage Revision TKA Is Associated with High Complication and Failure Rates
| Total sample, | 58 knees | Sex, (%) | | Male | 34 (59%) | Female | 24 (41%) | Age (years), mean ± sd (range) | 63 ± 11 (35–85) | BMI (kg/m2), mean ± sd (range) | 33.4 ± 11.92 (15.90–79.52) | Patients with a BMI ≥35 kg/m2, (%) | 27 (47%) | ASA score ≥3, (%) | 17/58 (29%) | Follow-up (months), mean (range) | 38 (0*–113) | Spacer type, (%) | | Articulating antibiotic-loaded prosthesis | 43 (75%) | Articulating or static all cement | 14 (25%) | Immunocompromised patients, (%) | 3 (5%) | Proportion of patients with diabetes mellitus, (%) | 21 (36%) | Patients requiring dialysis, (%) | 4 (7%) | Patients who smoke, (%) | 7 (12%) |
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One patient died 3 days after surgery.
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