New uses for gentamicin-impregnated polymethyl methacrylate spacers in two-stage revision hip arthroplasty.
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.
Oxborrow
N J
NJ
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General Infirmary at Leeds, United Kingdom.
Stamer
J
J
Andrews
M
M
Stone
M H
MH
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001843:Bone Cements; D005839:Gentamicins; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate