... 272sion of the haematoma is an indispensable premise in the prevention of a wound infection. Besides draining sinus, other infections during the two-stage protocol might endanger the treatment ... (drain-ing sinus, pneumonia, etc.). Despite the retrospective design of our study and the limited possibility of in- terpreting these findings and their causes, this rate indicates that these ... procedure in the treatment of hip joint infec-tions over the past two decades. Depending on the definition of infection eradication and reinfection, hip spacers have reportedly a success rate of...