Long-term results of antibiotic spacers for the infected total knee: A retrospective case-control study
Current Orthopaedic Practice Mar 04, 2020
Virk SS, et al. - Investigators carried out this study to evaluate long-term results of antibiotic spacers for the infected total knee. Between 2010 and 2014, a retrospective review of clinical data was conducted on all individuals treated with a nonarticulating antibiotic spacer. They obtained and examined operative notes, progress reports, laboratory, and microbiology results for our cohort of individuals. A total of 30 individuals were enrolled within this report of results [average age was 62.70 yr old (±12.17, min=39, max=86), and the average body mass index was 35.48 (±9.43)]. The study found 83.33% (15/18) of patients living with a nonarticulating spacer was able to ambulate with the spacer at the final follow-up. The results of this study indicated that nonarticulating antibiotic spacers give a viable treatment option to support a knee with significant soft-tissue injury and bone loss from explant procedures for infection.
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