Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

- Clinical signs of periprosthetic knee infection and indication for revision surgery

- > 6 weeks from previous knee arthoplasty procedure (primary or total revision procedure)

- Speak and understand Danish and able to give informed consent

- soft tissue problems requiring plastic surgery

- major bone loss requiring mega/tumor-prosthesis

- acute surgery due to sepsis

- malignant disease with less than 2 years life expectancy

- re-infection after previous two-stage procedure

- bilateral knee infection