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Table 1.

Contraindications for single-stage revision THA and TKA

Category	Compromising factor
Local	Significant soft tissue compromise Significant bone loss precluding cemented reconstruction Peripheral vascular disease
Host	Immunosuppression Concurrent sepsis Systemic disease Reinfection
Organism	Multiresistant organisms MRSA/MRSE Polymicrobial infection Unusual commensals Unusual resistance profiles Unidentified infective organisms

Category

Compromising factor

Local

Significant soft tissue compromise

Significant bone loss precluding cemented reconstruction

Peripheral vascular disease

Host

Immunosuppression

Concurrent sepsis

Systemic disease

Reinfection

Organism

Multiresistant organisms MRSA/MRSE

Polymicrobial infection

Unusual commensals

Unusual resistance profiles

Unidentified infective organisms

Reproduced with permission and copyright © of the British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery [Oussedik SI, Dodd MB, Haddad FS. Outcomes of revision total hip replacement for infection after grading according to a standard protocol. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2010;92:1222–1226]; MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSE = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis.