Treatment Decision Regret in Patients Who Develop Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Require Two-Stage Revision Surgery.

Background: The decision to proceed with total joint arthroplasty (TJA) can be complex and requires an assessment of potential risks of surgery. Patients who experience the potentially devastating complication of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) may have a poor outcome and wish they had never elected to have surgery. No study has examined decision regret related to the choice to pursue TJA in patients who develop PJI.