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

Better antibiotic prophylaxis for hip and knee replacement surgery?

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

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

Antibiotic prophylaxis using Cephalosporin in spine surgery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No added benefit of gentamicin sponges in prevention of infection after hip arthroplasty

Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 15;60(12):1752-9

No significant decrease in SSI rate with prophylactic cefazolin in below-knee implant removal

JAMA. 2017 Dec 26;318(24):2438-2445

DVT Prophylaxis in Total Knee Arthroplasty

J Arthroplasty. 2001 Apr;16(3):293-300.

TKA prophylaxis: Risk-dependent anticoagulation safer than routine anticoagulation

J Arthroplasty. 2013 Dec;28(10):1868-73. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.05.025. Epub 2013 Jun 21.

No difference in infection risk with single vs. multidose antibiotics in orthopedic implant surgery

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Jul;477(7):1577-1590.

Low-molecular-weight heparin prophylaxis may reduce DVT incidence after knee arthroscopy

Arthroscopy. 2014 Mar;30(3):406-12. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2013.12.021.

OTA 2014: Infection rate not significantly reduced with postoperative cefazolin after ORIF

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

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

AAOS 2015: Tobramycin bone cement and intravenous tobramycin in TKA