Implant retention in a rabbit model of fracture-related infection

Author:

Puetzler Jan12ORCID,Vallejo Diaz Alejandro134ORCID,Gosheger Georg2ORCID,Schulze Martin2ORCID,Arens Daniel1ORCID,Zeiter Stephan1ORCID,Siverino Claudia1ORCID,Richards Robert G.1ORCID,Moriarty Thomas F.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. AO Research Institute Davos, Davos, Switzerland

2. Clinic of General Orthopaedics and Tumor Orthopaedics, University Hospital Muenster, Münster, Germany

3. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital Alma Mater de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

4. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia

Abstract

AimsFracture-related infection (FRI) is commonly classified based on the time of onset of symptoms. Early infections (< two weeks) are treated with debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR). For late infections (> ten weeks), guidelines recommend implant removal due to tolerant biofilms. For delayed infections (two to ten weeks), recommendations are unclear. In this study we compared infection clearance and bone healing in early and delayed FRI treated with DAIR in a rabbit model.MethodsStaphylococcus aureus was inoculated into a humeral osteotomy in 17 rabbits after plate osteosynthesis. Infection developed for one week (early group, n = 6) or four weeks (delayed group, n = 6) before DAIR (systemic antibiotics: two weeks, nafcillin + rifampin; four weeks, levofloxacin + rifampin). A control group (n = 5) received revision surgery after four weeks without antibiotics. Bacteriology of humerus, soft-tissue, and implants was performed seven weeks after revision surgery. Bone healing was assessed using a modified radiological union scale in tibial fractures (mRUST).ResultsGreater bacterial burden in the early group compared to the delayed and control groups at revision surgery indicates a retraction of the infection from one to four weeks. Infection was cleared in all animals in the early and delayed groups at euthanasia, but not in the control group. Osteotomies healed in the early group, but bone healing was significantly compromised in the delayed and control groups.ConclusionThe duration of the infection from one to four weeks does not impact the success of infection clearance in this model. Bone healing, however, is impaired as the duration of the infection increases.Cite this article: Bone Joint Res 2024;13(3):127–135.

Publisher

British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery

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