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Basic Science Editor's Choice Infection

Stop Adding Antibiotics to Irrigation Solutions

September 25, 2019 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The rate of adoption of knowledge gleaned from multiple well-done randomized clinical trials into medical practice is disappointingly slow. This has been well-documented in cardiovascular

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Basic Science Infection

Surgical Infection Prevention: Local Antibiotic Powders Beat IV Agents in Rats

September 26, 2018 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

When it comes to preventing infections associated with orthopaedic procedures, the question of which antibiotic to use is only one of several concerns. How and

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Editor's Choice Infection Pediatrics

JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice—Pediatric Infection

September 29, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Infection, whether acute, chronic, local, or systemic, is something that all surgeons respect and fear. To counter infection, tissue injury activates an acute-phase response mediated

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Need to Know

“Smart” Implant Coating Delivers Antibiotics in Presence of Bacteria

July 28, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Despite advances in sterile techniques and evidence-based use of perioperative antibiotics, periprosthetic joint infections still occur in 1% of primary and 3% to 7% of

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Need to Know

Chronic Oral Antibiotics Boost 5-Year Infection-Free Implant Survival after Certain PJIs

August 5, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Along with the sharply rising number of total hip and knee arthroplasties performed in the US comes an increasingly compelling need to prevent periprosthetic joint

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Need to Know

Three Steps Cut Surgical Site Staph Infections after Joint Replacement

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Surgical site infections (SSIs) can cancel out the benefits of surgery, and they’re the number-one cause of hospital readmissions following surgery. The most prevalent pathogenic

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Editor's choice Surgeon Edition

Editor’s Choice—JBJS Reviews, August 2014

August 18, 2014August 20, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The treatment of periprosthetic infection remains one of the most difficult and challenging problems in orthopaedic surgery. Conventional approaches such as the use of tissue

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

IDSA Releases New Surgical-Site Infections Guidelines

July 6, 2014July 2, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In a comprehensive 43-page document freely available in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the Infectious Diseases Society of America has updated its guidelines for diagnosing and managing

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