The Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty (eBook)

E. Carlos Rodríguez-Merchán is a Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon who currently works at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Dr. Rodríguez-Merchán graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1974 from Complutense University, Madrid and subsequently gained his PhD in Medicine and Surgery. He is a former Associate Professor of Orthopedics at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Dr. Rodríguez-Merchán is the author of about 200 articles in peer-reviewed PubMed-cited journals and ten books.Sam Oussedik is an orthopaedic surgeon and consultant at the University College London Hospital since 2012, specialising in knee surgery. He chairs the multi-disciplinary group receiving referrals of infected total joint arthoplasty patients from across London and further afield. He is the speciality editor for knee surgery for the Bone & Joint Journal and the Director of Surgical Education for UCLH. Dr Oussedik has published more 30 peer reviewed articles and 2 books.

Epidemiology of the Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty: Incidence, Causes and the Burden of Disease.- Microbiological concepts of the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Preoperative optimization to prevent an infected total knee arthroplasty: Host factors.- Depilation and skin preparation to prevent an infected total knee arthroplasty.- Antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infection in total knee arthroplasty.- Preoperative screening and eradication of infection.- Clinical diagnosis of the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Diagnosis by imaging of the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Serological markers of infection in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- The role of knee aspiration in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Histological diagnosis in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Intra-operative Cultures for the Suspected Total Knee Arthroplasty Infection.- Sonication of removed implants in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Antibiotic suppression in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Arthroscopic debridement of infected total knee arthroplasty.- Open debridement and polyethylene exchange (ODPE) in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- One-stage revision arthroplasty in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Two-stage revision of infected total knee arthroplasty.- Knee arthrodesis in the infected total knee arthroplasty.- Above Knee Amputation in the Treatment of Failed Septic Total Knee Arthroplasty.