Intrawound Vancomycin Powder in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Increases Rate of Sterile Wound Complications

PURPOSE: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a successful surgery for the treatment of hip osteoarthritis; however, the risk of a post-operative prosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains at 1% to 2%. The purpose of this study was to investigate the safety profile of using vancomycin powder (VP) to reduce...

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Autores principales: Dial, Brian L., Lampley, Alexander J., Green, Cynthia L., Hallows, Rhett
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Hip Society 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29564296
http://dx.doi.org/10.5371/hp.2018.30.1.37

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29564296
http://dx.doi.org/10.5371/hp.2018.30.1.37

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