Renal failure after placement of an articulating, antibiotic impregnated polymethylmethacrlyate hip spacer
A 58-year-old male presented with native joint septic arthritis of the hip and osteomyelitis. After treatment with an articulating antibiotic spacer, he developed acute renal failure requiring dialysis. He continued to have elevated serum tobramycin levels exclusively from the antibiotic spacer elut...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Arthroplasty Today |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344117300225 |