Closed-Suction Draining After Revision Hip Arthroplasty Carries Risk of Higher Blood Loss Early After Surgery

Abstract

Researchers report that use of cell salvage during reimplantation in two-stage exchange for chronic hip periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) did not increase the reinfection rate, and significantly reduced the rate of postoperative allogeneic red blood transfusion (ABT) overall. (See Liu et al., 2022.