JBJS, April 1, 2007, Volume 89, Issue 4

Antibiotic-Impregnated Cement Spacers for the Treatment of Infection Associated with Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

Quanjun Cui, MD, MS William M. Mihalko, MD, PhD John S. Shields, MD Michael Ries, MD Khaled J. Saleh, MD, MSc, FRCS(C)

Hip Knee

Infection at the site of a total joint arthroplasty can be classified into four basic categories: Type I (early postoperative), Type II (late chronic), Type III (acute hematogenous), and Type IV (positive intraoperative cultures with clinically unapparent infection).

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