Hip and Knee Section, Treatment, Two-Stage Exchange Spacer-Related: Proceedings of International Consensus on Orthopedic Infections

Matthew P Abdel; Pedro Barreira; Andrew Battenberg; Daniel J Berry; Kier Blevins; Lluís Font-Vizcarra; Lars Frommelt; Karan Goswami; Justin Greiner; Viktor Janz; D O Kendoff; A K Limberg; Jorge Manrique; Biagio Moretti; Valeriy Murylev; John O'Byrne; Michael J Petrie; Andrew Porteous; Solmaz Saleri; Nemandra A Sandiford; Vishwas Sharma; Igor Shubnyakov; Scott Sporer; Matthew W Squire; Ian Stockley; M E Tibbo; Thomas Turgeon; Ankit Varshneya; Samuel Wellman; Akos Zahar

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2018.09.027

Hip and Knee Section, Treatment, Two-Stage Exchange Spacer-Related: Proceedings of International Consensus on Orthopedic Infections

J Arthroplasty. 2019 Feb;34(2S):S427-S438. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2018.09.027. Epub 2018 Oct 19.

PMID: 30348562
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2018.09.027

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Keywords: antibiotic impregnated cement spacers; articulating spacers; cement spacer; cement spacer antibiotics; cement spacer antibiotics contraindications; contraindications; dislocated articulating antibiotic spacers; indications; infected prosthesis; interim cement spacer exchange; intraoperative autoclaving; irrigation and debridement; microbiology consultation; non-articulating spacers; prosthesis re-use; repeat irrigation and debridement; resection arthroplasty; surgical drains; vancomycin.