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Artificial hip joint infection.
An infection may develop during your hospital stay or after you go home.
Swelling and inflammation of the hip joint.
Many infections can be treated effectively with antibiotics.
Septic arthritis can develop when an infection such as a skin infection or urinary tract infection spreads through your bloodstream to a joint.
Joint replacement infections may occur in the wound or deep around the artificial implants.
Patients with artificial joints can be at risk for infections and they can be challenging to treat.
Though our most recent review of infection data at the university of utah center for hip and knee reconstruction showed an infection rate better than the national average at 0 5 percent as of 2013.
When infection elsewhere in the body such as respiratory system or urinary tract spreads via the bloodstream to the.
But a major infection near your artificial hip joint may require surgery to remove and replace the joint.
Causes of infection in hip joint.
Bacterial joint inflammation is a serious and painful infection in a joint.
Septic arthritis can be caused by bacterial viral or fungal infections.
Bacterial infection with staphylococcus aureus staph is the most common cause.
It s also known as bacterial or septic arthritis.
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In these cases bacteria can adhere to the implant itself which makes the infection difficult to treat.
Symptoms may include pain swelling and limited range of motion.
Agonizing pain in the joint especially on motion.
A small percentage of patients undergoing hip or knee replacement roughly about 1 in 100 may develop an infection after the operation.
Symptoms of infection of the hip joint include.
Warmth in the area of the affected joint.
Infection is a rare but serious complication after total joint replacement surgery.
Staph commonly lives on even healthy skin.
Joint replacement infections are a very dangerous surgical complications after knee and hip replacement.
One and two stage surgical revision of peri prosthetic joint infection of the hip.
It s possible that you ve developed an infection around the artificial joint.
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Diagnosis is based on symptoms an examination and the results of a combination of tests.
It occurs in one to three percent of patients nationally.
Bacteria may infect the artificial joint during or after surgery causing infection.
No surgical procedure is without risks however.