Prosthetic and Bone Infections: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Dear Colleagues,

As is widely known, the treatment of musculoskeletal and joint prosthesis infections represents a real challenge for patients, healthcare providers and the healthcare system itself, because of the high number of treatment failures and the high economic impact of managing these diseases. A continuous collaboration between orthopaedists and infectivologists should be the cornerstone for optimising the management processes of all the musculoskeletal infections. However, for some very complex pathological scenarios, a further multidisciplinary integration is desirable, or even indispensable, both in clinical and pre-clinical settings. Therefore, several specialists—in particular, plastic surgeons, vascular surgeons and general surgeons—are asked to provide a primary contribution to the clinical assessment and treatment choice, which is often personalised. At the same time, microbiologists, clinical pharmacologists and pathologists can play a key role in clinical decision making and contribute to the introduction of new methods and techniques.

This Special Issue, “Prosthetic and Bone Infections: A Multidisciplinary Approach“, aims to collect data and experience from clinical and pre-clinical activities arising from the management of patients with bone, joint, periprosthetic or hardware-related infections. Special attention will be paid to the issue of multidisciplinary teamwork in the management of these patients.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the production of this Special Issue. We strongly believe that only the increased dissemination of knowledge can contribute to the optimisation of the management of such complex matters. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Orthoplastic approach;
• Prosthetic joint infection;
• Diagnosis and management of PJI;
• Chronic osteomyelitis;
• Antibiotic therapy in bone and joint infections.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Andrea Sambri
Dr. Massimiliano De Paolis
Dr. Michele Fiore
Dr. Marco Pignatti
Dr. Sara Tedeschi
Guest Editors

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