• Department of Surgery, Shuguang Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, P. R. China;
GE Maojun, Email: gemaojun@hotmail.com
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It has been certificated that hip and knee arthroplasty can improve quality of life and relieving pain and discomfort for ageing population and patients with muscloskeletal disorders. However, the outcomes of prosthetic joint infections (PJI) after arthroplasty usually are disastrous. The incidence of PJI is lower, but the number of this population is huge, which makes the strong impacts on quality of life for patients and healthcare economics. This review discusses the prevention strategies of PJI based on clinical epidemiology, diagnostic definition, pathogenesis, microbiology and risk factors, combined with some guidelines for prevention surgical site infections published recently.

Citation: GE Maojun. Prevention for prosthetic joint infection. West China Medical Journal, 2019, 34(3): 243-250. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201902017 Copy

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