We reviewed the peri-operative and financial data of patients who underwent revision total knee arthroplasty in our institution between 1997 and 2006. The aims were to compare difference in cost between aseptic and septic cases and to identify the sources of preventable cost increase in revision knee procedure. The study group comprised 117 women (65%) and 62 men (35%). The median age of patients decreased from 73 years (37-83 years) in 1997-2001 to 70 years (15-91 years) in 2002-2006, a decline of 4% (P < 0.05). The mean ASA scores also dropped from 3 to 2 between the two periods. Despite this, the mean total cost of revision knee procedure continued to increase. Patients undergoing revision arthroplasty because of infection had much higher (P = 0.0001) cost compared to their aseptic counterpart. Increase in the costs of investigations (P < 0.05) and implant (P < 0.05) was the major contributing factors. The cost of implants increased by 32-35% (P < 0.05) depending on implant selection. Changing demographics will increase the requirement for this surgery and thus increase its overall cost to society. Cost increases associated with unnecessary investigations, prolonged hospital stay and use of expensive implants should be avoided.

Biomaterial-related infections continue to hamper the success of reconstructive and arthroplasty procedures in orthopaedic surgery. Staphylococci are the most common etiologic agents, with biofilm formation representing a major virulence factor. Biofilms increase bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents and host immune responses. In staphylococci, production of polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) by the enzyme products of the icaADBC operon is the best understood mechanism of biofilm development, making the ica genes a potential target for biofilm inhibitors. In this study we report that the antibacterial agent povidone-iodine (PI) also has anti-biofilm activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus at sub-inhibitory concentrations (p < 0.001). Inhibition of biofilm by PI correlated with decreased transcription of the icaADBC operon, which in turn correlated with activation of the icaR transcriptional repressor in Staphylococcus epidermidis. These data reveal an additional therapeutic benefit of PI and suggest that studies to evaluate suitability of PI as biomaterial coating agent to reduce device-related infections are merited. Despite improvements in orthopaedic surgery over the last three decades, deep infections continue to hamper the success of reconstructive and arthroplasty procedures. Prosthetic joint infection is associated with significant morbidity and sometimes mortality of the individual. It also represents a tremendous economic burden to healthcare institutions and the general public as a whole.

Results of conversion of UKA to TKA are less satisfactory than primary TKA.

A systematic review was performed to explore the current trends over the last 5 years in femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) literature and compare the quality and sources of publications in the literature to that published previously. We identified 1066 relevant studies including 186,572 patients. The number of publications increased during the reviewed time period with the most dramatic increase from 2011 to 2013. Seventy-three percent (N = 786) of all studies were of levels 4 and 5 quality evidence. The percent of publications which were levels 1, 2 and 3 increased by almost twofold from 16.1 % (N = 26) to 28.7 % (N = 51) between 2011 and 2015. In comparison to previous work, there has been 3.5-fold increase in the number of publications over the past 5 years with a shift towards improving the level of evidence available guiding the arthroscopic management of FAI.Level of evidence: IV-Systematic Review