Table 2.

Grades of recommendation for the management of chronic periprosthetic TKA infections.

Reconstruction	Grade of recommendation
1-Stage exchange	B
1.5-Stage exchange	B
2-Stage exchange	B

According to Wright [32], grade A indicates good evidence (level I studies with consistent findings) for or against recommending intervention; grade B, fair evidence (level II or III studies with consistent findings) for or against recommending intervention; grade C, poor-quality evidence (level IV or V studies with consistent findings) for or against recommending intervention; and grade I, insufficient or conflicting evidence not allowing a recommendation for or against intervention.