Articles | Volume 11, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-11-591-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-11-591-2026
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02 Oct 2026
Original full-length article |  | 02 Oct 2026

External validation of the KLIC score and development of a novel prediction model for debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention failure in prosthetic joint infection: a multicentre cohort study

Giulia Zumbo, Iris Martínez-Alemany, Jose Maria Bravo-Ferrer, Isabel Nieto Diaz De Los Bernardos, Julia Praena, Alfonso Del Arco, Enrique Nuño, Juan Enrique Corzo Delgado, Francisco Brun, Clara Natera, Alberto Romero Palacios, Beatriz Sobrino, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, and María-Dolores del-Toro-López

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Abbaszadeh, A., Yilmaz, M. K., Izadi, N., Hoveidaei, A. H., Taheriazam, A., Abedi, A. A., and Parvizi, J.: Efficacy of Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, J. Arthroplasty, 41, 19–38, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2025.05.121, 2025. 
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Surgical debridement with implant retention (DAIR) fails in up to 55 % of prosthetic joint infections. In 224 patients, the Kidney, Liver, Index surgery, Cemented prosthesis and C-reactive protein (KLIC) score showed no discrimination of DAIR failure versus a new model (areas under the curve 0.53 vs 0.85), including comorbidity, C-reactive protein, revision prosthesis, time to surgery, and Gram-negative/polymicrobial infection. Three failure-risk groups were identified: 25.5 %, 45.6 %, and 87.9 %.
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