Periprosthetic joint infections in femoral neck fracture patients treated with hemiarthroplasty – should we use antibiotic-loaded bone cement?

Table 2 Basic clinical data of included patients in study according to the study arms

Items	Plain cement group (n = 147), n (%)	ALBC group (n = 94), n (%)	Both groups, (n = 241), n (%)
Sex
Male	42 (28.6)	29 (30.9)	71 (29.5)
Female	105 (71.4)	65 (69.1)	170 (70.5)
Age
< 80	27 (18.4)	25 (26.6)	52 (21.6)
> 80	120 (81.6)	69 (73.4)	189 (78.4)
Garden classification
I	4 (2.7)	10 (10.6)	14 (5.8)
II	19 (12.9)	8 (8.5)	27 (11.2)
III	47 (32.0)	35 (37.2)	82 (34.0)
IV	77 (52.4)	41 (43.6)	118 (49.0)
Type of trauma
High energy	1 (0.7)	0 (0)	1 (0.4)
Low energy	146 (99.3)	94 (100)	240 (99.6)
Arrival at hospital
Walking	2 (1.4)	5 (5.3)	7 (2.9)
Transferral by relatives	1 (0.7)	1 (1.1)	2 (0.8)
Ambulance	95 (64.6)	75 (79.8)	170 (70.5)
Transferral from other centres	49 (33.3)	13 (13.8)	62 (25.7)
Risk factors for infections
Yes	38 (25.9)	37 (39.4)	75 (31.1)
No	109 (74.1)	57 (60.6)	166 (68.9)

Presentation of femur neck fracture patient characteristics in each group with focus on sex, age, Garden classification of hip fractures, type of trauma, mode of arrival at hospital and risk factors for infection (focus on: presence of inflammatory arthropathies, degree of immunosuppression, presence of diabetes mellitus, previous articular infection, malnutrition, hemophilia and presence of tumors). ALBC: Antibiotic-loaded bone cement.