SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF THE INFECTED HIP IMPLANT - 2-STAGE REIMPLANTATION WITH A ONE-MONTH INTERVAL

Successful treatment of the infected hip prosthesis demands careful pl anning for infection control and reimplantation. Inadequate surgical d ebridement dooms well-executed revision surgery to infection failure. Reimplantation is difficult after resection arthroplasty, and this dif ficulty is increased with longer intervals between resection and reimp lantation. Older patients will rehabilitate better if the interval is shorter. The reported protocol successfully compromises between one-st age exchanges and reported two-stage exchanges.