Antibiotic-Loaded Cement Articulating Spacer for 2-Stage Reimplantation in Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Simple and Economic Method

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1060-1066

  Hsu, Y C ^a   Cheng, H C ^a   Ng, T P ^a   Chiu, K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

2 stage reimplantation; antibiotic loaded cement spacer; infection; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; GENTAMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; OSTEOLYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REIMPLANTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BONE CEMENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848814456     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.04.028     Document Type: Article

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