Raphael Trefzer

Impact of surface structuring on antibiotic elution from bone cement in two-stage revision for periprosthetic joint infection

Abstract Purpose Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication after total joint arthroplasty and the leading cause of revision surgery. Two-stage revision with prosthesis removal, radical debridement, and interim antibiotic-loaded bone cement (ALBC) spacers is t...

Patient-reported outcomes after lateral unicompartmental and total knee arthroplasty: a propensity score-matched cohort study

Abstract Introduction Comparative evidence on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) remains limited. We compared PROs between cohorts matched for demographic characteristics and baseline knee func...