Antibiotic prophylaxis for wound infections in total joint arthroplasty

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2008 Jul;90(7):915-9

COA 2015: No high-level evidence support for postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in TJA

COA 2013: Primary Arthroplasty; antibiotic-impregnated bone cement reduces deep infection

Low back pain: decrease in pain and disability with Modic antibiotic spine therapy

Eur Spine J. 2013 Apr;22(4):697-707. doi: 10.1007/s00586-013-2675-y. Epub 2013 Feb 13

Better antibiotic prophylaxis for hip and knee replacement surgery?

J Arthroplasty. 2010 Oct;25(7):1078-82

AAOS 2016: Oral antibiotics correlated with fewer re-infections after two-stage TJA

Antibiotic use in low-velocity gunshot-induced fractures remains inconclusive

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Dec;471(12):3937-44. doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-2884-z

Antibiotic-laden bone cement not associated with reduced infection risk after TJA

Orthopedics. 2014 Dec;37(12):839-45

Antibiotic prophylaxis using Cephalosporin in spine surgery

Asian Spine J. 2013 Sep;7(3):196-203

COA/ICORS2019: Topical vancomycin inferior to intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis in TKA

Effect of antibiotic prophylaxis duration on infection after spinal surgery with drains

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Jun 17;97(12):979-86

OTA2017: Antibiotic prophylaxis does not reduce infection rate after lower-limb implant removal

No difference between 4 vs 6 week antibiotic therapy following removal of infected hardware

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019;74(8)2394-2399. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkz202

AAHS 2014: Prophylactic antibiotics provide no clinical benefit for simple hand laceration

EFORT: Intraossesous regional vancomycin effective for antibiotic tissue levels in TKA

AAOS 2016: Articulating vs. static spacer in 2-stage revision after PJI of TKA

Infection not significantly reduced with prophylactic antibiotics in open phalanx fracture

J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2016 May;41(4):423-30

Short (24-hr) versus long (5-day) prophylactic antibiotics following open tibial fracture

Injury. 2016 Oct;47(10):2288-2293

OTA 2019: Improved bone healing with PLEX-DBG over control in open fracture surgery

Three-month course of oral antibiotics reduces PJI rate after two-stage revision

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Jan;475(1):56-61