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Effectiveness of Gentamicin-Impregnated Cement in the Prevention of Deep Wound Infection After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Matthieu Eveillard ,
Patrice Mertl ,
Blaise Tramier  and
François Eb
Matthieu Eveillard*
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology and Infection Control, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Amiens, Amiens, France
Patrice Mertl
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Amiens, Amiens, France
Blaise Tramier
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Amiens, Amiens, France
François Eb
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology and Infection Control, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Amiens, Amiens, France
*
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Hygiène, Hôpital Louis Mourier, 178 rue des renouillers, F92700 Colombes, France
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Abstract

Effectiveness of gentamicin-impregnated cement in preventing deep wound infection after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was estimated using data from prospective surveillance. In multivariate analysis, the protective effect of gentamicin-impregnated cement on the development of infection was close to the limit of significance. Gentamicin-impregnated cement may prevent TKA infections.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 10 , October 2003 , pp. 778 - 780
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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