Possibilities of Forecasting Surgical Site Infection After Hip and Knee Replacement

Abstract

1707 Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty had been retrospectively analyzed for the research. All patients’ data (non-complicated post- Hip and Knee Arthroplasty (1st group - 1579 patients) and post- Hip and Knee Arthroplasty with surgical site infection in 12 months (2nd group - 128 patients)) had been used as an educational matrix for a mathematic forecast and as a construction of a prevention algorithm for septic complications in primary THA and TKA. The study had shown 14 significant criteria which can influence the occurrence of surgical site infection in THA and TKA. 12-month testing period of the software in prospective research (467 cases) had shown a significant decrease rate of surgical site infection in comparison to retrospective research (decrease of 7.5% in the prospective cases and 4.1% - in retrospective).