Journal article
Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The 2017 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) recommended against continuation of antibiotics postoperatively after total joint arthroplasty. This is disconcerting, as the revised guidelines are based on only 6 orthopaedic studies, of which 83% (5 of 6) were published from 1987 to 1991. The purpose of the current study was to conduct a systematic review …
Authors
Siddiqi A; Forte SA; Docter S; Bryant D; Sheth NP; Chen AF
Journal
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 101, No. 9, pp. 828–842
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
May 1, 2019
DOI
10.2106/jbjs.18.00990
ISSN
0021-9355