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Fig. 6

From: The role of antibiotic-loaded bone cement in complicated knee arthroplasty: relevance of gentamicin allergy and benefit from revision surgery — a case control follow-up study and algorithmic approach

Fig. 6

Revision surgery provides significant symptom relief in allergic patients. Split-plot repeated measures factorial ANOVA visualizing the improvement of KOOS (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score) indices in the 6 patients without revision (“untreated”) and the 9 patients with revision (“treated”). Improvement was significant only in the “treated” group. Of note, patient 10 of the revision group displayed a score deterioration of 14.4 points (dark red). In this case, severe intra-articular arthrofibrosis was confirmed as the symptom elicitor by the treating orthopaedic surgeon. n.s., not statistically significant; *p < 0.05, primary, at first visit (i.e., time of allergy diagnostics)

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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