An extensive review of the spinal and arthroplasty literature was undertaken to evaluate the
effectiveness of local antibiotic irrigation during surgery. The efficacy of antibiotic irrigation …

Dead space is defined as the residual tissue void after tissue loss. This may occur due to
tissue necrosis after high-energy trauma, infection, or surgical debridement of nonviable …

The rising number of primary joint replacements worldwide causes an increase of revision
surgery of endoprostheses due bacterial infection. Revision surgery using non-cemented …

The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis depends on the obstinate persistence of the offending
micro-organism (s) and often results in long-term patient disability causing remarkable costs …

Background Staged revision for periprosthetic infection of the hip is an accepted and widely
used technique by many surgeons. However, single-stage exchange of the hip prosthesis …

Context: There is a need to find if patients with poorly controlled diabetes,
immunosuppression, or autoimmune disease require different perioperative antibiotic …

Problems with infection of a total hip replacement (THR) derive from the presence of biofilms
with inherent resistance to usual antibiotic treatment and bone defects resulting from …

Objective In this article, single-stage exchange arthroplasty for periprosthetic hip infection
was compared with the two-stage revision protocol in patients without draining sinuses …