Canada: Joint Infection After Hip Replacement Tied to Fivefold Higher Risk for Death Over 10 Years
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) within one year of total hip arthroplasty is associated with a more than fivefold increased risk for mortality within 10 years, according to a study published online Sept. 4 in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Raman Mundi, M.D., from the Sunnybrook Research Institute at the University of Toronto, and colleagues assessed the long-term mortality risk associated with PJI following total hip arthroplasty. The analysis included 175,432 patients (54.7 percent women) who underwent first primary elective total hip arthroplasty for arthritis between April 1, 2002, and March 31, 2021.
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