title: Infection prevention in total knee and total hip arthroplasties.
abstract: Infection after primary joint arthroplasty is responsible for severe morbidity to the patients and staggering costs to society. Understanding the patient population undergoing these procedures and the use of appropriate prophylactic regiments and precautions in the perioperative and postoperative periods is crucial for the ultimate success of the procedures. In this article, we review the current related literature and our techniques for reducing the likelihood of infection after total knee and total hip arthroplasties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuper
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosenstein
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D004340:Drug Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D005791:Patient Care; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001843:Bone Cements