Prophylactic use of antibiotic-loaded bone cement in primary total knee arthroplasty: Justified or not

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-263

  Srivastav, Amit K ^a   Nadkarni, Biren ^a   Srivastav, Shekhar ^a   Mittal, Vivek ^a   Agarwal, Shekhar ^a  

^a SANT PARMANAND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic loaded bone cement; Prophylaxis; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349135045     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.53456     Document Type: Article

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