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https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-111-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-111-2021
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05 Mar 2021
Original full-length article |  | 05 Mar 2021

Revision for periprosthetic joint infection rate stratified by seasonality of operation in a national population of total and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty patients: a register-based analysis

Julius Tetens Hald, Anne Brun Hesselvig, Andreas Kryger Jensen, and Anders Odgaard

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Deep periprosthetic joint infection following knee replacement is a serious complication feared by surgeons. Our aim was to investigate if seasonality of deep infection incidence exists in a national registry of knee replacement patients. We extracted data from over 100 000 procedures, investigating if patients operated on during the summer had increased risk of re-operation due to infection. We found no signal of periodicity, meaning the summer season is not a risk factor for deep infection.