Two-stage revision of infected total knee replacements using articulating cement spacers and short-term antibiotic therapy
- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 88-B (8), 1011-1015
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.88b8.17445
Abstract
We present a series of 48 patients with infected total knee replacements managed by the use of articulating cement spacers and short-term parenteral antibiotic therapy in the postoperative period. All patients had microbiological and/or histological confirmation of infection at the first stage of their revision. They all underwent re-implantation and had a mean follow-up of 48.5 months (26 to 85).Keywords
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