EVALUATION OF THE OUTCOMES OF CULTURE POSITIVE INFECTIONS FOLLOWING AN UNEVENTFUL ARTHROPLASTY- A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE

Total hip or knee replacement, especially, has been a resort for many individuals plagued with deforming joint pathologies, alleviating pain, and improving joint mobility, but is not without complications. Prosthetic joint infection is the most commonly occuring early and late complication of PJI. Any PJI which develops thereafter is considered to be late, irrespective of the stability of the components. It is important to realise that PJI does not only reflect an infection of the prosthetic interface, but also an infection of the surrounding bone and soft tissues. Hence we conducted this study to demonstrate the incidence of PJI following an uneventful arthroplasty.