New uses for gentamicin-impregnated polymethyl methacrylate spacers in two-stage revision hip arthroplasty.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Bone Cements
- Gentamicins
- Polymethyl Methacrylate
Anatomy
- hip