The Chitranjan Ranawat Award: Should Prophylactic Antibiotics Be Withheld Before Revision Surgery to Obtain Appropriate Cultures?

BACKGROUND: Preoperative antibiotics are known to be critical for decreasing the risk of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in primary THA and TKA. However, antibiotics often are withheld before revision surgery, as there is concern that even a single dose of prophylactic antibiotics may affect in...

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Main Authors: Tetreault, Matthew W., Wetters, Nathan G., Aggarwal, Vinay, Mont, Michael, Parvizi, Javad, Della Valle, Craig J.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Springer US 2013
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Symposium: 2013 Knee Society Proceedings
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3889433/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23633187
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-3016-5
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