Clinical Study

Two-Stage Revision TKA Is Associated with High Complication and Failure Rates

Table 1

Demographics.

Total sample, 58 knees
Sex, (%)
 Male34 (59%)
 Female24 (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 prosthesis43 (75%)
 Articulating or static all cement14 (25%)
Immunocompromised patients, (%)3 (5%)
Proportion of patients with diabetes mellitus, (%)21 (36%)
Patients requiring dialysis, (%) 4 (7%)
Patients who smoke, (%)7 (12%)

One patient died 3 days after surgery.