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Arthroplasty
Reports summarize arthroplasty study results from University of British Columbia, Department of Orthopaedics
March 2nd, 2007
A report, "Cementless two-stage exchange arthroplasty for infection after total hip arthroplasty," is newly published data in The Journal of Arthroplasty. "We retrospectively reviewed all patients at one center with an infected total hip arthroplasty treated with 2-stage revision using cementless components for the second stage and the PROSTALAC articulated spacer at the first stage. Twenty-nine patients were reviewed and followed for at least 2 years postoperatively," scientists in Vancouver, Canada report. "An isolated Staphylococcus species was cultured in 76% (22/29) of patients. Three (10.3%) of 29 patients had recurrent infection at the site of the prosthesis. One...
Source: Drug Week (2007-03-02)
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