Is Antibiotic Loaded Bone Cement Cost-Effective in Routine Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty?
Received Date: Jun 17, 2020 / Accepted Date: Jul 23, 2020 / Published Date: Jul 30, 2020
Abstract
Post-operative infection following total joint arthroplasty is becoming increasingly more prevalent across the nation and can result in grave consequences for patients. In order to limit the incidence rate, surgeons have recently opted to use antibiotic loaded bone cement (ALBC) over plain bone cement (PBC) due to its theoretical potential to lower infection rates. However, the cost-effectiveness of this intervention still remains under scrutiny.
Keywords: Infection; Arthroplasty; Hip; Knee; Joint; Bone cement; Antibiotics
Citation: Patel JN, Hoskins T, Mazzei C, Goyette D, Saad B, et al. (2020) Is Antibiotic Loaded Bone Cement Cost-Effective in Routine Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty? J Orthop Oncol 6: 140. Doi: 10.4172/2472-016X.1000140
Copyright: © 2020 Hoskins T, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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