Table 5.
Pre- and Intraoperative Parameter of patients PJI could not be confirmed postoperatively CNS:
| Patient |
Preoperative Findings |
Aspiration |
Intraop. Cultures |
Histo- pathology (Type) |
C- reactive protein mg/dl |
Prev. Revision |
Interpretation |
| 1 | pain, radiogr. loosening | E. coli | - | IV | 0.95 | 2 | lowgrade |
| 2 | Pain Metal/metal | CNS | - | I | 0.6 | - | metalosis wear (ME) lowegrade |
| 3 | Pain, Radiogr. loosening, chronic bronchitis | CNS | - | I | 8.5 | 1 | wear (PE+ME) lowgrade |
| 4 | Early failure with in 2 years persistent pain since surgery | Propioni | - | IV | - | - | lowgrade |
| 5 | persistent pain | CNS | - | I | - | - | wear (PE) lowgrade |
| 6 | pain | CNS | - | I | - | 2 | wear (PE) lowgrade |
| 7 | stem breakage prev. sept. revision | n.a. | CNS | I | - | 1 | metallosis lowgrade |
| 8 | Persistent pain Previous septic revision | - | - | III | - | 1 | lowgrade |
| 9 | Early failure after stem revision by periprosthetic fracture | - | - | IV | - | 1 | Pseudarthrose |
| 10 | Pain Recurrent dislocations Previous septic revision | - | - | I | - | 6 | wear (PE) |
| 11 | Pain recurrent dislocations Metal/metal Failure within 5 years | - | - | I | - | 1 | metallosis wear (ME) |
| 12 | Pain Recurrent dislocation Early failure within 5 years | - | - | I | 2.9 | 4 | wear (PE) |
| 13 | Pain, radiogr. loosening | - | - | I | 1.1 | 1 | wear (PE+ME) |
Coagulase negative Staphylococcus; PE: Polyethylen; E. coli: Escherichia coli; ME: metal
(PE: polyethylene, ME: metal, CNS: Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species, Propioni: Propionibacteria, n.a.: no aspiration)