Timing of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Performed during Ischemia | Zendy

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Timing of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Performed during Ischemia

Author(s) -

Álex Soriano,

Guillem Bori,

S. García-Ramiro,

J.C. Martínez-Pastor,

Teresa Miana,

Carles Codina,

Francesc Maculé,

M. Basora,

José Antônio Baddini Martínez,

Josep Riba,

S. Suso,

Josep Mensa

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/529145

Subject(s) - medicine , total knee arthroplasty , antibiotics , ischemia , arthroplasty , antibiotic prophylaxis , surgery , anesthesia , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

There is no clinical trial analyzing the best moment to infuse an antibiotic during knee arthroplasty performed during ischemia. We designed a single-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate whether antibiotic therapy should be administered before tourniquet inflation or just before tourniquet deflation.

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