Review Article

Treatment of Periprosthetic Infections: An Economic Analysis

Table 2

Different options of treatment of PJI. Estimated average cost in 2012 adjusted currencies and normalized to US$.

Author (date)Debridement and retentionOne-stage revision Two-stage revision Resection arthroplastyArthrodesisAmputation

TJR (THA + TKA)

Peel et al. (2013) [18]*75,661

THA

Fisman et al. (2001) [19]*74,01570,634
Klouche et al. (2010) [30]*43,58675,737 1.7

TKA

Hebert et al. (1996) [21]**150,984121,866101,346347,789
Lavernia et al. (2006) [31]**133,970134,670113,575

Total hospital costs.
Total hospital costs + total outpatient costs.