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Internet resources relating to orthopaedic Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
[OCOSH Code: D013530 433202001 T81.4 T84 OP_CMP_SSI]
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2004 Antibiotics for preventing infection in open limb fractures popular
Location: http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003764.htmlView Details Visit Resource Review It Rate It Bookmark It Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
2000 Audit of Deep Wound Infection following Hip Fracture Surgery
Location: http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/journal/vol45_1/4510010.htmView Details Visit Resource Review It Rate It Bookmark It Added: Mon Jul 11 2005
2008 Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Surgery
Location: http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/104/index.htmlOther areas of concern such as antibiotic allergy, cost effectiveness and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are considered.
Guideline No. 104, ISBN 978 1...
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2011 Primary pyogenic spondylitis following kyphoplasty
Location: http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/101Primary pyogenic spondylitis following kyphoplasty: a case report Markus D Schofer , Stefan Lakemeier , Christian D Peterlein , Thomas J Heyse and Markus Quante Journal...
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2011 Team Approach Cuts Infection Risk After Orthopedic Surgery Medscape
Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/742398Joint-replacement surgeries are an increasingly common procedure, and D-SSIs cause serious morbidity, often...
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Location: http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/antibiotic_prophylaxis- it is essential that antibiotics be given prior to incision;
- in most cases, patients should receive 1-2 gm of IV Ancef 30 min prior to the incision
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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Debridement Alone Often No Match for Gram-Negative Prosthetic Joint Infection
Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/709668View Details Visit Resource Review It Rate It Bookmark It Added: Wed Oct 07 2009
Diagnosis of Early Postoperative TKA Infection Using Synovial Fluid Analysis
Location: http://www.springerlink.com/content/j8368j0m4x886g84/fulltext.htmlConclusions With a cutoff of 27,800 cells/μL, synovial white blood cell count predicted infection...
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Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infections of the Hip and Knee JAAOS
Location: http://www.jaaos.org/cgi/content/full/18/12/760- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthroplasty: Replacement Arthroplasty: Knee Replacement Arthroplasty
- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Complications: Infection
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Does Perioperative Oxygen Reduce Surgical Wound Infections Medscape
Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/705754The authors carried out a meta-analysis based on 5 randomized controlled trials discovered after searching> 2000 reports. Of these 5 studies, 3 included only patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Oxygen concentration was 80% in the...
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Fate of Two-stage Reimplantation After Failed Irrigation and Débridement for Periprosthetic Knee Infection
Location: http://www.springerlink.com/content/557248l10g1u5405/fulltext.htmlConclusions The failure rate in this series of two-stage revisions for periprosthetic knee infection in patients treated with previous irrigation and débridement is considerably higher than previously reported...
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Infection- Rheumatoid MCP implant infections seeded from chronic distant abscess
Location: http://www.e-hand.com/img/img00049.htmView Details Visit Resource Review It Rate It Bookmark It Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Intramedullary Arthrodesis of the Knee in the Treatment of Sepsis After TKR
Location: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/pmc/articles/PMC2504091/Intramedullary arthrodesis is a viable treatment for refractory infection after TKR. Patients...
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Knee arthrodesis using a unilateral external fixator for the treatment of infectious sequelae
Location: http://www.aott.org.tr/index.php/aott/article/viewFile/2875/1000Conclusion: Knee arthrodesis using a monolateral external fixator is associated with a high fusion rate and a low complication rate, and provides a more comfortable treatment option compared to...
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in TKA Treated With Revision and Direct Intraarticular Antibiotic Infusion
Location: http://www.springerlink.com/content/k295237836202064/fulltext.htmlConclusions One-stage revision and 6 weeks of intraarticular vancomycin administration controlled infection in MRSA infected TKA with no apparent complications.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in TKA Treated...
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