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Swiss Revision Cohort

Swiss Revision Cohort: a Nationwide, Multi-center, Prospective Periprosthetic Joint Infection Cohort Study

Sponsor

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Enrollment

329 participants

Start Date

Sep 23, 2022

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Joint (Knee or Hip Replacement)Infection as Complication of Medical Care

Summary

This study follows patients with infections after a joint replacement over time. During follow-up, treatment outcomes are carefully measured to determine whether the infection can be cured. In addition, factors that may change infection cure rates are examined, including the patient's overall health, the type of bacteria causing the infection, and the surgical and antibiotic treatments used. The goal is to understand what leads to more frequent cure and to improve future care.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria4

≥18 years of age
Revision surgery of any large prosthetic joint (i.e., hip, knee, shoulder, ankle, or elbow) performed for a suspected or confirmed periprosthetic joint infections at any of the participating study centres. This includes patients who were previously treated at another hospital and referred to a participating study centre if data on a transferred patient from the previous institution are available, complete, and archived in the institutional patient information system, and the patient underwent at least one surgery at a participating institution.
Obtained written informed consent
Periprosthetic joint infections diagnosis likely or confirmed according to European Bone and Joint Infection Society criteria

Exclusion Criteria3

Documented objection to subsequent use of personal health data
Patient follow-up outside of Switzerland
Diagnosis "periprosthetic joint infections unlikely" according to European Bone and Joint Infection Society criteria

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Interventions

PROCEDURERevision for periprosthetic joint infections of the hip, knee, shoulder, elbow or ankle

Participants who undergo revision surgery of a prosthetic hip, knee, shoulder, ankle, or elbow joint for suspected periprosthetic joint infection. A patient may contribute one or more episodes, which are defined as a condition leading to revision surgery for a suspected or confirmed periprosthetic joint infection.

Locations(5)

Department of Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention, Cantonal Hospital Aarau

Aarau, Switzerland

Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital

Bern, Switzerland

Department of Medicine, HFR Fribourg-Hôpital Cantonal

Fribourg, Switzerland

Orthopedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals

Geneva, Switzerland

Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital

Lausanne, Switzerland

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