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August 07, 2019
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Study: Antibiotic cement is not cost effective for infection prevention in TKA

NEW YORK — According to a presenter at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Open Scientific Meeting, routine use of antibiotic-loaded bone cement in patients who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty was not cost effective. Antibiotic-loaded bone cement added $299 in costs and did not decrease the rate of periprosthetic joint infection.