VA West Los Angeles Medical Center

Predicting 5-Year Mortality After Prosthetic Joint Infection Using a 30-Item Accumulated Frailty Index in a 13,371-Patient Multicenter Cohort

Background Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) involves a significant mortality risk, with 26-30% of patients dying within 5 years. Current risk assessment tools offer limited prognostic accuracy for PJI patients. This study aimed to develop a prognostic model for 5-year all-cause m...