Orthopedics
New orthopedics findings from Verona University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery described
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, September 19th, 2010
New research, 'Six-year follow-up of a preformed spacer for the management of chronically infected total hip arthroplasty,' is the subject of a report. "Antibiotic-loaded cement spacers are currently used in two-stage revision of septic total hip arthroplasty as temporary devices. Prolonged spacer implantation in infected shoulder has been described occasionally in poor candidates for reconstruction surgery (medically compromised and/or low-physical demand patients, deficient bone stock)," scientists in Verona, Italy report.
"Few papers previously reported the use of spacers in infected hip prosthesis as a permanent solution, but limited information is available on the...
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