title: New uses for gentamicin-impregnated polymethyl methacrylate spacers in two-stage revision hip arthroplasty.
abstract: The use of antibiotic-impregnated cement as a bone spacer in two-stage revision hip surgery has been well described. Two additional placements for spacers are described: within the trochanteric osteotomy and overlying the greater trochanter. These spacers have been found to dramatically facilitate exposure at the second-stage procedure and are now being incorporated into all two-stage revision hip arthroplasties at The General Infirmary at Leeds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General Infirmary at Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Oxborrow
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stamer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D001843:Bone Cements; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001843:Bone Cements; D005839:Gentamicins; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate