Supplemental nutrition and cessation of smoking can improve wound healing. Surgical goals include debridement of necrotic tissue and elimination of the dead space. Intravenous antibiotics and a 2-stage protocol are the standard of care. At our institution, the first stage is performed with an ...
Risk factors for infection were large prostheses, postoperative wound-healing complications, rheumatoid arthritis, a prior deep infection, and skin infections. We have analyzed the treatment of 357 knee arthroplasties with a deep infection. Systemic antibiotics alone were primarily used in 225 knees, ...
展开 关键词: Humans Knee Joint Gram-Negative Bacteria Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Wound Infection Anti-Bacterial Agents Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee Microbial Sensitivity Tests Retrospective Studies Adolescent DOI: 10.3109/00365540903186207 被引量: 166 年份: 2009 收藏...
You scraped your knee a few days ago. Now your cut is surrounded by angry, red skin that’s sore, warm to the touch, and emitting a gross amount of pus. You are suffering from an infected wound. Here’s how to recognize an infected would or cut and how to treat it before it ...
and your wound ends up getting infected. The infection can happen either because the object that cut you had harmful bacteria on it, or because before the wound was fully clotted to create the scab, environmental factors like some dirt got in the way and infected the blood with bad bacteria...
Based on adhesion status and inflammatory indicators, they can be classified into three types: Type I: Characterized by tight adhesion between bone cement and wound surface, with the wound area remaining dry and free of redness or swelling. Type II: There is no adhesion between bone cement and...
There were no signs of wound infection at her left knee during the admission (Fig. 2). After the patient regained full consciousness, an open reduction and internal fixation with a locking plate (Synthes®) were performed on post-injury day 5. At the fracture site, a small amount of ...
Surgical Wound InfectionRecurrenceProsthesis FailureAnti-Bacterial AgentsReoperationFollow-Up StudiesKnee ProsthesisTime FactorsAgedSixteen infected knee arthroplasties were revised and followed for 5 (1-10) years. There were nine recurrences of infections, but in one of these a second revision was ...
Deep infections are among the most severe complications in total knee arthroplasty; infection rates described in recent articles range between 1 and 2%. The most important infection risk prevention measures are skin preparation, antibiotic prophylaxis, and screening and management for methicillin-resistant...
The article presents an overview of evaluating and treating the infected joint replacement, focusing on the hip and knee. Current principles employed to minimize infection are discussed. An emphasis is placed on gathering information from several sources-history, examination, wound appearance, plain ...