Knee Hinge Prosthesis Following TKA Infection

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Unknown

Conditions: TKA Infection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02856971

69HCL16_0522

Details and patient eligibility

About

Between 2009 and January 2016, the investigators included 49 patients from four hospitals in Lyon who had a Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) infection and who benefited of a knee arthroplasty revision with a rotating hinge prosthesis. This retrospective and descriptive cohort aims at studying the functional results after 2 years follow up.

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 91 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All the patients who had a rotating hinge knee arthroplasty for septic revision after total knee arthroplasty, proved by bacteriological samples or purulent drainage at involved site or other obvious clinical signs or radiological signs of infection

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who benefited of a hinge prosthesis following a unicompartmental prosthesis, following a mechanical issue on a total prosthesis