No. 024: July-August 2023

This month, we are honored to feature an interview with Nicolas Bonin, a hip surgeon whose career reflects a deliberate transition from the Lyon knee school toward hip preservation and arthroplasty. As a founding member of the dual mobility congress and treasurer of ISHA, he has shaped his practice around soft-tissue preservation and the anterior approach, while actively contributing to the international dissemination of surgical technique.

The clinical articles converge principally on periprosthetic joint infection. The diagnostic challenge of bacteria living in biofilms is examined through enhanced cultural examination of synovial and other organic liquids, while approaches in the surgical treatment of fungal prosthetic joint infection address a refractory pathogen. The decision-making process in periprosthetic infection treatment management is further explored through a multimodal approach, and post-infection tibia bone defects managed with Ilizarov external fixation extend the discussion to skeletal reconstruction. Arthroplasty outcomes are addressed through clinical results after total hip arthroplasty with a dual-mobility hemispherical cup.