Body mass and weight thresholds for increased prosthetic joint infection rates after primary total joint arthroplasty

Lübbeke, Anne; Zingg, Matthieu; Vu, Diemlan; Miozzari, Hermès Howard; Christofilopoulos, Panayiotis; Uckay, Ilker; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen; Hoffmeyer, Pierre

doi:10.3109/17453674.2015.1126157

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Body mass and weight thresholds for increased prosthetic joint infection rates after primary total joint arthroplasty

ContributorsLübbeke, Anne; Zingg, Matthieu; Vu, Diemlan; Miozzari, Hermès Howard

; Christofilopoulos, Panayiotis; Uckay, Ilker; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

; Hoffmeyer, Pierre

Published inActa orthopaedica, vol. 87, no. 2, p. 132-138

Publication date2016

Abstract

Obesity increases the risk of deep infection after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Our objective was to determine whether there may be body mass index (BMI) and weight thresholds indicating a higher prosthetic joint infection rate.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip/adverse effects
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee/adverse effects
Body Mass Index
Body Weight/physiology
Cefuroxime/therapeutic use
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Prosthesis-Related Infections/epidemiology/etiology
Risk Factors
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

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UNIGE research groups

Résistance aux antibiotiques (866)

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LÜBBEKE, Anne et al. Body mass and weight thresholds for increased prosthetic joint infection rates after primary total joint arthroplasty. In: Acta orthopaedica, 2016, vol. 87, n° 2, p. 132–138. doi: 10.3109/17453674.2015.1126157

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PID : unige:87629
DOI : 10.3109/17453674.2015.1126157
PMID : 26731633

Journal ISSN1745-3674

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Body mass and weight thresholds for increased prosthetic joint infection rates after primary total joint arthroplasty

Obesity increases the risk of deep infection after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Our objective was to determine whether there may be body mass index (BMI) and weight thresholds indicating a higher prosthetic joint infection rate.

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