Measurement of the Silver Ion Concentration in Wound Fluids after Implantation of Silver-Coated Megaprostheses: Correlation with the Clinical Outcome

Table 3

Demographic descriptions of the retrospective group, an illustration of the joint concerned, and the infection rate.

Patient no.	Age at the time of surgery	Gender	Type of fracture/tumor	Type of prosthesis	Infection; yes/no
1	71	m	Periprosthetic fracture of the femur	Proximal femur	yes
2	56	m	Subtrochanteric fracture of the femur	Proximal femur	no
3	83	w	Pertrochanteric fracture of the femur	Proximal femur	yes
4	84	w	Medial fracture of the femur neck	Proximal femur	yes
5	52	m	Medial fracture of the femur neck	Proximal femur	yes
6	85	w	Pertrochanteric fracture of the femur	Proximal femur	no
7	96	w	Medial fracture of the femur neck	Proximal femur	no
8	90	w	Medial fracture of the femur neck	Proximal femur	yes
9	88	w	Pertrochanteric fracture of the femur	Proximal femur	no
10	83	w	Pertrochanteric fracture of the femur	Proximal femur	no
11	85	m	Medial fracture of the femur neck	Proximal femur	no
12	78	w	Pertrochanteric fracture of the femur	Proximal femur	yes
13	85	m	Periprosthetic fracture of the femur	Proximal femur	no
14	82	w	Periprosthetic fracture of the femur	Proximal femur	no
15	88	w	Medial fracture of the femur neck	Proximal femur	yes
16	56	w	Metastasis mamma carcinoma prox. femur	Proximal femur	no
17	54	m	Metastasis oropharyngeal Ca femoral shaft	Proximal femur	no
18	60	w	Metastasis mamma ca prox. femur	Proximal femur	no
19	78	m	Metastasis cancer of unknown primary	Proximal femur	no
20	55	w	Metastasis mamma ca prox. femur	Proximal femur	no
21	70	w	Metastasis mamma ca prox. femur	Proximal femur	no
22	31	m	Metastasis chondrosarcoma femoral shaft	Proximal femur	no
23	57	w	Metastasis hepatocellular carcinoma femur	Proximal femur	no
24	68	m	Metastasis; Hypernephroma; femur proximal	Proximal femur	no
25	75	m	Plasmacytoma; femur proximal	Proximal femur	no
26	76	w	Metastasis; corpus uteri; Prox. femur	Proximal femur	no
27	75	m	Plasmacytoma; femur proximal	Proximal femur	no
28	73	m	Metastasis; kidney ca prox. femur	Proximal femur	no
29	75	m	Metastasis chondrosarcoma femoral shaft	Proximal femur	no
30	75	w	Metastasis; kidney ca prox. femur	Proximal femur	no
31	76	w	Metastasis; rectum ca prox. femur	Proximal femur	no

Patients 1–15: trauma group; patients 16–31: tumor group.