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Table 1 Demographics and surgical details of 32 patients

From: The role of antibiotic calcium sulfate beads in acute periprosthetic knee infection: a retrospective cohort study

 

DAIR group's data (n=15)

DABRI group's data (n=17)

Statistical data

Age, mean (SD)

69.1 (11.4)

64.2 (8.7)

0.816

Male, n (%)

7 (47%)

10 (59%)

0.492

BMI, mean (SD)

30.6 (3.2)

30.9 (3.9)

0.658

Diabetes, n (%)

2 (13%)

4 (24%)

0.461

Liver disease, n (%)

0 (0%)

2 (12%)

0.401

Cardiovascular disease n (%)

2 (13%)

2 (12%)

0.893

Smoking, n (%)

1 (7%)

2 (12%)

0.621

Alcohol abuse, n (%)

0 (0%)

1 (6%)

0.615

MSIS score

4.5 (2.1)

4.2 (1.8)

0.876

ASA classification

2 (0.5)

2.4 (0.5)

0.723

Failed case, n

3

2

0.522

 Acute hematogenous, n

3

5

0.539

 Acute post-operative, n

12

12

  1. DAIR debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention, DABRI debridement antibiotic pearls and retention of the implant, n.s. not significant, SD standard deviation, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, PJI periprosthetic joint infection, MSIS Musculoskeletal Infection Society.