Risk Factors for Periprosthetic Joint Infections Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a very successful and effective operation for the restoration of the hip function. The number of operations is steadily climbing and is going to reach new heights in the future. The most feared and devastating complication is the periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) and has in most cases to be treated with a total revision of the prostheses. The risk factors for a PJI are playing a very important role in the preoperative assessment of the patient and for the type of antibiotic treatment. There are many risk factors described in the literature, which are associated with the development of a PJI. Our goal was to analyze and find the relevant risk factors, which matter most in joint replacement surgery. We searched the database