Do Antibiotic-Loaded Calcium Sulfate Beads Improve Outcomes After Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention? A Matched Cohort Study

Do Antibiotic-Loaded Calcium Sulfate Beads Improve Outcomes After Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention? A Matched Cohort Study

Background: Dissolvable antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate beads are used as an intraoperative adjunct during debridement with antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) for periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) to reduce the historically higher failure rates than one- or two-stage exchange. This study...

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Main Authors: T. David Tarity, MD, William Xiang, BS, Christopher W. Jones, MD PhD, Ioannis Gkiatas, MD, PhD, Allina Nocon, PhD, Nicolas A. Selemon, BA, Alberto Carli, MD, Peter K. Sculco, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Subjects:
prosthetic joint infection
antibiotic-impregnated calcium sulfate beads
intra-articular antibiotics
debridement and implantation retention
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344122000279

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