A Multicenter Study of Irrigation and Debridement in Total Knee Arthroplasty Periprosthetic Joint Infection: Treatment Failure Is High

I&D with retention of components has a high failure rate, and there is a high incidence of more complex procedures after this option is chosen. The patient comorbidities we investigated did not predict I&D success. Our results suggest that I&D has a limited ability to control infection in TKA and should be used selectively under optimum conditions.