Low Infection Rate after Tumor Hip Arthroplasty for Metastatic Bone Disease in a Cohort Treated with Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis

Low Infection Rate after Tumor Hip Arthroplasty for Metastatic Bone Disease in a Cohort Treated with Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis

Background. Compared to conventional hip arthroplasty, endoprosthetic reconstruction after tumor resection is associated with a substantially increased risk of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), with reported rates of around 10% in a recent systematic review. The optimal duration of antibiotic pr...

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Main Authors: Werner H. Hettwer, Peter Frederik Horstmann, Thea Bechmann Hovgaard, Tomas Andreas Grum-Scwensen, Michael M. Petersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Advances in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/428986
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