Two-stage revision of infected hip arthroplasty using an antibiotic-loaded spacer: retrospective comparison between short-term and prolonged antibiotic therapy | Zendy

P.-H. Hsieh | Zendy; KuoChin Huang | Zendy; P.-C. Lee | Zendy; M. S. Lee | Zendy

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Two-stage revision of infected hip arthroplasty using an antibiotic-loaded spacer: retrospective comparison between short-term and prolonged antibiotic therapy

Author(s) -

P.-H. Hsieh,

KuoChin Huang,

P.-C. Lee,

M. S. Lee

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkp177

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , surgery , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , arthroplasty , antibiotic therapy , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

The optimal duration of systemic antibiotic therapy in patients with prosthetic hip infection (PHI) undergoing staged exchange arthroplasty (SEA) has not been determined. We hypothesized that with an antibiotic-loaded cement spacer (ALCS), in the interim, short-term antibiotic therapy is as effective as a conventional prolonged treatment course.

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