Table 7.

Results for types of infection

Result	Group
	Early superficial postoperative infection (n = 29)	Early deep postoperative infection (n = 32)	Late chronic postoperative infection (n = 48)	Acute hematogenous infection (n = 7)	Overall (n = 116)
Successful first treatment	28 knees (97%)	27 knees (84%)	38 knees (79%)	2 knees (29%)	95 (82%)
Infection eradicated	29 knees (100%)	32 knees (100%)	48 knees (100%)	7 knees (100%)	116 (100%)
Functional knee	29 knees (100%)	30 knees (94%)	46 knees (96%)	6 knees (86%)	111 (96%)