Increased risk of revision for infection in rheumatoid arthritis patients with total hip replacements A study of 390,671 primary arthroplasties from the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association

: Schrama JC, Fenstad AM, Dale H, Havelin L, Hallan G, Overgaard S, Pedersen AB, Karrholm J, Garellick G, Pulkkinen P, Eskelinen A, Makela K, Engesaeter LB, Fevang BT

Publisher: INFORMA HEALTHCARE

: 2015

Acta Orthopaedica

: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA

: ACTA ORTHOP

: 86

: 4

: 491

: 497

: 7

: 1745-3674

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2015.1017793

Interpretation - We found a slightly higher overall risk of revision for infection in RA patients than in OA patients, but this difference was only present after 2001. In THRs with antibiotic-loaded cement, the risk of very early and late infections leading to revision was higher in RA patients than in OA patients.