Table 1: Delphia criteria for success after treatment of periprosthetic joint infection [33].
1. Infection eradication characterized by a healed wound without fistula, drainage, or pain, and no infection recurrence caused by the same organism strain. |
2. No subsequent surgical intervention for infection after reimplantation surgery. |
3. No occurrence of PJI-related mortality (i.e., due to sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis). |