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One-stage hip revisions are as good as two-stage surgery to replace infected artificial hips

BMJ 2023; 381 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p1087 (Published 01 June 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;381:p1087
  1. Helen Saul, editor in chief1,
  2. Brendan Deeney, science writer1,
  3. Samantha Cassidy, science writer1,
  4. Jemma Kwint, senior research fellow1,
  5. Ashley Blom, Vice, President and Head of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health2
  1. 1NIHR Evidence, Twickenham, UK
  2. 2University of Sheffield, UK
  1. Correspondence to H Saul evidence{at}nihr.ac.uk

The study

Blom AW, Lenguerrand, Strange S, et al. Clinical and cost effectiveness of single stage compared with two stage revision for hip prosthetic joint infection (INFORM): pragmatic, parallel group, open label, randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2022;379:e071281.

To read the full NIHR Alert, go to: https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/one-stage-hip-revisions-are-as-good-as-2-stage-surgery-to-replace-infected-artificial-hips/

Footnotes

  • Competing interests: The BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare the following other interests: none.

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