Investigation and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection in Knee Replacement

Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most challenging clinical problems in Orthopaedics. It is devastating for patients, expensive to treat and achieving good outcomes is difficult. Optimising outcomes for these patients requires well- coordinated, multi-disciplinary team (MDT) care and robust referral pathways to specialist infection treatment centres.

Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most challenging clinical problems in Orthopaedics. It is devastating for patients, expensive to treat and achieving good outcomes is difficult. Optimising outcomes for these patients requires well- coordinated, multi-disciplinary team (MDT) care and robust referral pathways to specialist infection treatment centres.