Open AccessIs Elective Soft Tissue Hand Surgery Associated with Periprosthetic Joint Infection after Total Joint Arthroplasty?
Author(s) -
Kevin Li,
Sam Y. Jiang,
Matthew B. Burn,
Robin N. Kamal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000801
Subject(s) - medicine , periprosthetic , surgery , soft tissue , arthroplasty , cohort , retrospective cohort study , orthopedic surgery
Although current guidelines do not recommend the routine use of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis to reduce the risk of surgical site infection following clean, soft tissue hand surgery, antibiotics are nevertheless often used in patients with an existing joint prosthesis to prevent periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), despite little data to support this practice.