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J Knee Surg 2023; 36(04): 354-361
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1733902
Original Article

Elevated ESR and CRP Prior to Second-Stage Reimplantation Knee Revision Surgery for Periprosthetic Joint Infection Are Associated with Increased Reinfection Rates

Christian Klemt
1   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
,
Anand Padmanabha
1   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
,
John G. Esposito
1   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
,
Samuel Laurencin
1   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
,
Evan J. Smith
1   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
,
Young-Min Kwon
1   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Abstract

Although two-stage revision surgery is considered as the most effective treatment for managing chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), there is no current consensus on the predictors of optimal timing to second-stage reimplantation. This study aimed to compare clinical outcomes between patients with elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) prior to second-stage reimplantation and those with normalized ESR and CRP prior to second-stage reimplantation. We retrospectively reviewed 198 patients treated with two-stage revision total knee arthroplasty for chronic PJI. Cohorts included patients with: (1) normal level of serum ESR and CRP (n = 96) and (2) elevated level of serum ESR and CRP prior to second-stage reimplantation (n = 102). Outcomes including reinfection rates and readmission rates were compared between both cohorts. At a mean follow-up of 4.4 years (2.8–6.5 years), the elevated ESR and CRP cohort demonstrated significantly higher reinfection rates compared with patients with normalized ESR and CRP prior to second-stage reimplantation (33.3% vs. 14.5%, p < 0.01). Patients with both elevated ESR and CRP demonstrated significantly higher reinfection rates, when compared with patients with elevated ESR and normalized CRP (33.3% vs. 27.6%, p = 0.02) as well as normalized ESR and elevated CRP (33.3% vs. 26.3%, p < 0.01). This study demonstrates that elevated serum ESR and/or CRP levels prior to reimplantation in two-stage knee revision surgery for chronic PJI are associated with increased reinfection rate after surgery. Elevation of both ESR and CRP were associated with a higher risk of reinfection compared with elevation of either ESR or CRP, suggesting the potential benefits of normalizing ESR and CRP prior to reimplantation in treatment of chronic PJI.

Keywords

revision - total knee arthroplasty - periprosthetic joint infection - reinfection - erythrocyte sedimentation rate - C-reactive protein

Note

All data will be made available through contacting the corresponding author. All code used in this includes basic Matlab functions. The study was approved by institutional review board. All patients consented prior to participation in this study.


Authors' Contributions

C.K.: study design, data collection, analysis, and write-up. A.P.: data collection, analysis, and write-up. J.G.E.: write-up. S.L.: write-up. E.J.S.: write-up. Y.-M.K.: study design and analysis.




Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 04. Januar 2021

Angenommen: 21. Juni 2021

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
10. August 2021

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