Infection News

A routine radiographic protocol rarely alters the management of pediatric osteoarticular infections and significantly increases radiation exposure, health care utilization and costs, according to a speaker.

Published results showed limb reconstruction with internal lengthening nails and antibiotic-loaded resorbable calcium sulfate may address infectious and length pathologies while avoiding the disadvantages of prolonged external fixation.

This case involves a 64-year-old diabetic woman who had a left total knee placed in 2001 by an outside surgeon.

Medicare physician fee reimbursement for septic revision total knee arthroplasty has not kept up with inflation and has been devalued at a greater rate than aseptic revision TKA, according to published results.

Compared with aseptic revision total knee replacement, revision for periprosthetic joint infection or fracture doubles the risk for postoperative venous thromboembolism, according to the published results.

Risk of acute kidney injury was greater in patients with preexisting chronic kidney disease than those without after two-stage exchange arthroplasty with a high-dose antibiotic-loaded bone cement spacer, according to results.

An 81-year-old man with an unclear remote history of right knee surgery developed significant osteoarthritis with severe valgus and flexion contracture deformity of the right knee.

Published results showed patients who were morbidly obese and received extended oral antibiotic prophylaxis after primary total hip or knee arthroplasty did not have reduced rates of wound complications or periprosthetic joint infection.

Revision hip and knee surgery poses some unique challenges with a variety of treatment alternatives.

The use of fluoroquinolones was associated with significantly higher unplanned drug discontinuation and more adverse events among patients with prosthetic joint infections, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.