Impact of Antibiotic-Impregnated Spacer Design in the Treatment of Periprosthetic Hip Infection

Background: Although 2-stage exchange arthroplasty, consisting of temporary insertion of an antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer (AICS), is considered the standard of care for chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in total hip arthroplasty (THA), a consensus on the AICS design has not yet bee...

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Published in:Arthroplasty Today
Main Authors: Eytan M. Debbi, MD, PhD, Zachary A. Rockov, MD, Ian G. Schroeder, MD, Evan D. Nigh, MD, Landon S. Polakof, MD, Sean S. Rajaee, MD, MS, Dheeraj R. Yalamanchili, MD, Guy D. Paiement, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Subjects:
Antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer
Articulating spacer
Hip periprosthetic joint infection
Revision total hip arthroplasty
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344122002291

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