Risk for re-revision and type of antibiotic-loaded bone cement in hip or knee arthroplasty revisions: report of the Dutch Arthroplasty Register

Pieter K. Bos*, Anneke Spekenbrink-Spooren, Peter Croughs, Sita M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra, Max Reijman, Jakob Van Oldenrijk

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Abstract

Background and purpose:

High-dose dual antibiotic-loaded bone cement (ALBC) may reduce the risk of revision after total hip and knee replacements. The aim of our study therefore was to determine the risk of re-revision following first time aseptic hip or knee revision using single versus dual ALBC. 

Patients and methods:

Patients from the Dutch Arthroplasty Register treated from 2007 to 2018 with first time cemented aseptic hip (n = 2,529) or knee revisions (n = 7,124) were incorporated into 2 datasets. The primary endpoint of this observational cohort study was subsequent all-cause re-revision. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard and competing risk was analyzed for both groups. 

Results:

There was no difference in re-revision rate (any reason) with single versus dual ALBC (hazard ratio 1.06, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.83–1.35 for hip and 0.93, CI 0.80–1.07 for knee revisions). The 10-year crude cumulative re-revision rate also showed no differences for single versus dual ALBC use. The crude cumulative 7-year THA re-revision and 9-year TKA re-revision rates did not show any difference in implant survival for common cement types used. 

Conclusion:

We could not confirm the potential benefit of using dual ALBC compared with single ALBC for aseptic hip and knee revisions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)471-476
Number of pages6
JournalActa Orthopaedica
Volume94
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Medical Journals Sweden, on behalf of the Nordic Orthopedic Federation.

Ethics, funding, and disclosures:
The research protocol was approved by the scientific committee of the LROI and is following the regulations of the
LROI. All data is anonymous, therefore ethical approval from
our local ethical commission was not applicable. We did not
receive any funding for this study. JvO has an advisory consulting agreement with Heraeus, not related to the subject of
this paper. Complete disclosure of interests statement forms
according to ICMJE are available at the article page, doi:
10.2340/17453674.2023.18645

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