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Prophylactic use of antibiotic-loaded bone cement in primary total knee arthroplasty: Justified or not?

BACKGROUND: The routine use of antibiotic-loaded bone cement (ABLC) during primary or uninfected revision arthroplasty remains controversial. Many studies quote the total joint arthroplasty (TJA) infection rate to be less than 1%. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has a higher infection rate than total...

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Autores principales: Srivastav, Amit K, Nadkarni, Biren, Srivastav, Shekhar, Mittal, Vivek, Agarwal, Shekhar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19838348
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.53456

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