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Table 3 Patients with recurrent infection

From: Two-stage hip revision arthroplasty with a hexagonal modular cementless stem in cases of periprosthetic infection

Patient no.

Original indication

Risk factors

Revisions

Microorganism

Spacer period (weeks)

Complications

Time to reinfection (months)

1

Secondary coxarthrosis (acetabular fracture)

Fistula, malignancy, diabetes, two-stage revision

Spacer exchange

MRSA

24

16.8

2

Primary coxarthrosis

Aseptic stem exchange

8

32.0

3

Femoral neck fracture

MRSA

77

30.0

4

Primary coxarthrosis

Fistula

S. epidermidis

4.7

22.0

  1. MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.