Debridement, Antibiotics and Implant Retention in Early Periprosthetic Joint Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study

DAIR treatment protocol embodies an extensive surgical debridement and a radical excision of infected tissue. This is followed by exchange of modular components (articulating surfaces of the implant such as the femoral head, acetabular liner in total hip arthroplasty and the tibial insert, the polyethylene meniscus, in total knee arthroplasty). The wound is then copiously irrigated (\> 9 litre) with 0.9 % sodium chloride and then closed.