Orthopaedic Implant Removal

Universitätsmedizin Mannheim

Status: Completed

Conditions: Implant Complication; Complication, Postoperative; Implant Site Infection

Treatments: Procedure: Orthopaedic Implant Removal

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03164408

2017/01SUA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The necessity of orthopedic implant removal is under intense discussion and even if it is performed as an elective procedure, the risk of complications is present.

Aim of the study is to identify parameters responsible for an increased risk of early post-operative complications after elective aseptic orthopedic implant removal.

Enrollment: 1,545 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Elective aseptic orthopaedic Implant removal

Exclusion criteria

Arthroplasty present infection