Table 2 Presence of a defined clinical concept and type of diagnostic before re-implantation differentiated by the annual number of exchanges performed in the center
center-internal concept | EPZ (total) (n = 515;%) | <  50 exchanges/year (n = 293;%) | 50–100 exchanges/year (n = 138;%) | 101–200 exchanges/year (n = 61;%) | > 200 exchanges/year (n = 23;%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
existing | 75,0 | 72,3 | 82,0 | 83,6 | 87,0 |
non-existing | 22,0 | 27,7 | 18,0 | 16,4 | 13,0 |
Type of diagnostic before reimplantation | |||||
 none | 12,4 | 10,2 | 15,2 | 16,4 | 13,0 |
 joint puncture | 61,0 | 60,1 | 61,6 | 65,6 | 56,5 |
 microbiology | 23,1 | 29,4 | 13,8 | 18,0 | 13,0 |
 microbiology & histology | 36,7 | 36,5 | 37,0 | 36,1 | 39,1 |
 no answer | 0,6 | 0,7 | 0,7 | 0,0 | 0,0 |