Infection After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Prospective Study of the Addition of Antibiotics to Bone Cement

Infection After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Prospective Study of the Addition of Antibiotics to Bone Cement

Abstract Objective The present prospective, randomized and controlled study was conducted with 286 patients submitted to primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with the objective of evaluating the efficacy of the addition of antibiotics to bone cement as a way to prevent post arthroplasty infection...

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Main Authors: Hugo Alexandre de Araujo Barros Cobra, Alan de Paula Mozella, Pedro José Labronici, Amanda S. Cavalcanti, João Antonio Matheus Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2021-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
antibiotic
arthroplasty, replacement, knee
bone cements
prosthesis-related infections
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