Prophylactic antibiotics in total joint arthroplasty

Postoperative prophylactic antibiotics in total joint arthroplasty

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently released their 2017 Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. One of their recommendations is the ordering of a single dose of preoperative prophylactic antibiotics with no subsequent postoperative dosing; this recommendation includes perioperative antibiotics for patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty. At this time, th...

Prophylactic antibiotics in total joint arthroplasty

PROPHYLACTIC INTRA-JOINT APPLICATION OF VANCOMYCIN IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

This was Presented in 5th International Congress of Iranian Iranian Society of Knee Surgery, Arthroscopy, and Sports Traumatology (ISKAST), 14-17 Feb 2018- Kish, Iran

Prophylactic antibiotics in hip and knee arthroplasty.

Prophylactic parenteral antibiotics have contributed to the present low rate of surgical site infections following hip and knee arthroplasty. Over the past decade, there has been a change in the pattern of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections from hospital-acquired to community-acquired. The findings of recent studies on screening programs to identify carriers of methicillin-r...

Tranexamic Acid in Total Joint Arthroplasty: Efficacy and Safety

  Despite improvements in surgical and anesthetic techniques, total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is still associated with substantial blood loss and postoperative anemia (1). A considerable portion of patients with postoperative anemia require blood transfusion, which has been shown to negatively affect the outcome of TJA and predisposes patients to development of surgical site infection and peripr...