Priority 16 from the Revision Knee Replacement PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: What factors increase the risks of infection and how can these risks be reduced? (JLA PSP Priority 16) | |
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| Overall ranking | 16 |
| JLA question ID | 0093/16 |
| Explanatory note | What increases the chance of picking up and infection in the replaced knee, and what can patients and professionals do to minimise the probability? |
| Evidence |
None identified |
| Health Research Classification System category | Musculoskeletal |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | What factors allow us to predict the risk of infection within knee replacements? ~ Could antibiotics be infused or added within the knee at time of a knee replacement to prevent infection? ~ What caused the infection in my knee replacement? |
| Submitted by | See data spreadsheet on JLA website |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0093 |
| PSP name | Revision Knee Replacement |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 32 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 21 May 2019 |