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Late chronic postoperative infections
| Treatment | Number of infections | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Success | Failure | ||
| First treatment | |||
| Delayed-exchange arthroplasty | 48 knees | 38 knees (79%) | 10 knees (21%) |
| Second treatment | |||
| Delayed-exchange arthroplasty | 10 knees (21%) | 7 knees | 3 knees |
| Third treatment | |||
| Arthrodesis | 3 knees | – | 3 knees |
| Fourth treatment | |||
| Total knee arthroplasty after fusion takedown | 1 knee | 1 knee | – |
| Final result | 48 knees | 46 knees (96%) | 2 knees |
