Proceedings of the United Kingdom Periprosthetic Joint Infection Meeting 2022: Fracture-Related Infection Session.

Injury · Nov 2024 · Review

Razii N, Hrycaiczuk A, Kennedy IW, Shields DW, Meek RMD, Jamal B

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Orthopaedic Trauma Adult Reconstruction

SUMMARY — THE REDUCTIONConsensus statements from the 2022 UK periprosthetic joint infection meeting's fracture-related infection session, reviewing each topic against current literature after delegates' anonymous electronic voting.
Abstract, as published

Implant-related infections represent a relatively common and significant challenge in the surgical management of musculoskeletal trauma patients. The third United Kingdom Periprosthetic Joint Infection (UK PJI) Meeting convened in Glasgow on 1 April 2022, and brought together over 180 delegates, representing orthopaedics, infectious diseases, microbiology, plastic surgery, anaesthetics, and allied health professions, including pharmacy and specialist nurses. The meeting comprised a plenary session for all delegates, and separate breakout sessions for fracture-related infection (FRI) and arthroplasty. The UK PJI working group prepared consensus statements in advance of each session, based upon topics that were discussed at previous meetings, and delegates engaged in an anonymous electronic voting process. This article presents the findings of the FRI session, and examines each consensus topic within the context of the contemporary literature.

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