Table 2.

Data from studies regarding irrigation and débridement of the hip

Study	Year	Sample size	Mean followup (months)	Rate of medical complications	Mortality rate related to surgery or infection	Annualized reinfection rate	Overall reinfection rate	Failure rates for other reasons	Overall infection eradication success rate
Azzam et al. [4]	2010	51	68	25%†	3%	11.6%	66%	NM	44%
Odum et al. [72]	2011	53	NM	NM	8%	69%*	69%	NM	31%
Byren et al. [23]	2009	52	27	NM	NM	11%	18%	NM	82%
Lora-Tamayo et al. [63]	2013	146	NM	NM	7%	38.5%*	45%	NM	55%
Cobo et al. [30]	2011	69	24	NM	3.6%	21.5%	43%	NM	57%
Buller et al. [21]	2012	62	34	NM	NM	40.6%*	48.2%	NM	52%
Koyonos et al. [54]	2011	60	54	NM	NM	14.5%	65%	NM	35%
El Helou et al. [37]	2010	40	24	NM	12.5%	32%	32%	NM	68%
Tornero et al. [92]	2012	39	46	NM	NM	6.3%	24%	NM	76%
Romano et al. [85]	2014	796	48	NM	NM	44.9%*	55%	NM	45%
Crockarell et al. [31]	1998	42	76	11.9%	7%	28%*	79%	4.7%	21%
Brandt et al. [19]	1997	30	48	NM	NM	54%*	69%	NM	31%
Meehan et al. [68]	2003	19	34	NM	NM	11%*	11%	NM	89%
Totals		1459	42.8			24.7%	56.7%	4.7%	43.3%

Weighted annual reinfection rate 30.1%; * rate stated explicitly in study; ^†packed red blood cell transfusion rate; NM = not mentioned.