Research Article

Predicting Success of Two-Stage Exchange for Prosthetic Joint Infection Using C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio

Table 3

Risk factors for two-stage exchange failure and recurrent infections.

Study AuthorsRisk Factors

Mortazavi SM, Vegari D, Ho A et al. [26].Culture-negative PJI; methicillin-resistant PJI; increased reimplantation operative time
Triantafyllopoulos GK, Memtsoudis SG, Zhang W et al. [30].Female gender, heart and psychiatric diseases
Dwyer MK, Damsgaard C, Wadibia J et al. [28].Preoperative synovial fluid WBC >60,000 cells/uL, synovial fluid WBC neutrophil >92%, serum ESR >99 mm/hr
Tan TL, Gomez MM, Manrique J et al. [31].Positive intraoperative culture during reimplantation
Rezaie AA, Goswami K, Shohat N et al. [29].Charlson comorbidity index
Pelt CE, Grijalva R, Anderson L et al. [14].(TKA) polymicrobial infection, 4+ surgeries to site of primary TKA before explant
Jhan SW, Lu YD, Lee MS et al. [27].(THA) BMI 30 kg/m2, liver cirrhosis, gram-negative organism, presence of sinus tract
Schwarzkopf R, Mikhael B, Wright E et al. [3].(THA) Previous history of other prosthetic joint infections