- Title
- Addressing important evidence gaps in the management of prosthetic joint infection: clinician attitudes and equipoise
- Creator
- Isler, Burcu; Niessen, Natalie; Campbell, David; Toms, Andrew D.; Daneman, Nick; Manning, Laurens; Davis, Joshua S.
- Relation
- ANZ Journal of Surgery Vol. 94, Issue 7-8, p. 1211-1213
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.18984
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Hip or knee replacement is complicated by deep infection (Prosthetic joint infection [PJI]) in 1%–2% of cases, causing morbidity, high healthcare costs, and productivity loss.1, 2 In 2020, 112 000 knee and hip replacements were done in Australia.3 Treatment typically requires lengthy antibiotic courses and one or more operations, with variable cure rates (30%–70%, mean 50% after 24 months).4 There is a pressing need to establish more effective surgical and antibiotic strategies. In a previous survey, we identified key clinician priorities for future randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of PJI.5 A critical obstacle in researching PJI treatments is the lack of equipoise among experts. Hence, we designed a survey to assess current practices and equipoise in PJI treatment among physicians and surgeons, aiming to identify variations and inform future RCTs.
- Subject
- prosthetic joint infection (PJI); evidence gaps; Australia; treatment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1516596
- Identifier
- uon:57004
- Identifier
- ISSN:1445-1433
- Rights
- © 2024 The Authors. ANZ Journal of Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
- Language
- eng
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