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Use of topical vancomycin powder in total joint arthroplasty: Why the current literature is inconsistent?

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a rare but terrible complication in hip and knee arthroplasty, and the use of topical vancomycin powder (VP) has been investigated as a tool to potentially reduce its incidence. However, there remains no consensus on its efficacy. Therefore, the aim of this re...

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Autores principales: Mancino, Fabio, Yates, Piers J, Clark, Benjamin, Jones, Christopher W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10473911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37662663
http://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v14.i8.589