Clinical Evidence of Current Irrigation Practices and the Use of Oral Antibiotics to Prevent and Treat Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Affiliations

¹ Arthritis and Arthroplasty Design Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Bridgeside Point II, 450 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
² Arthritis and Arthroplasty Design Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Bridgeside Point II, 450 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA. Electronic address: kmb227@pitt.edu.

Review

Jason Zlotnicki et al. Orthop Clin North Am. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;52(2):93-101.

doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2020.12.002. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

¹ Arthritis and Arthroplasty Design Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Bridgeside Point II, 450 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
² Arthritis and Arthroplasty Design Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Bridgeside Point II, 450 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA. Electronic address: kmb227@pitt.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Antibiotic; Biofilm; Debridement; Lavage; Periprosthetic joint infection.

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure This work was support by grant number K08AR071494 to KLU.

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